Vista - Cannot search by file name

I am trying to find where an application is putting a file. I know indexed
searches are great, but I always get either no files or many totally
unrelated files. To see what is going on, I go to DOCUMENTS under my user
name and copy the name of a .pdf document. I go to search and paste that
name in the search field. Searching indexed or all files, I never find that
file. pdf files are checked in the indexed files selection and users is in
the indexed path.
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JED

Hi JED,

Have you checked your Search options to make sure that you have the settings set to what you want for results. Look at the link below for a screenshot with the thorugh seach options selected. It may help with your decision.

Search Options

Shawn

I have checked "always search file names and contents." I had also tried
"Don't use the index..." and could not find any files even then.
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JED


"brink" wrote:

>
> JED;386278 Wrote:
> > I am trying to find where an application is putting a file. I know
> > indexed
> > searches are great, but I always get either no files or many totally
> > unrelated files. To see what is going on, I go to DOCUMENTS under my
> > user
> > name and copy the name of a .pdf document. I go to search and paste
> > that
> > name in the search field. Searching indexed or all files, I never find
> > that
> > file. pdf files are checked in the indexed files selection and users is
> > in
> > the indexed path.
> > --
> > JED
>
> Hi JED,
>
> Have you checked your Search options to make sure that you have the
> settings set to what you want for results. Look at the link below for a
> screenshot with the thorugh seach options selected. It may help with
> your decision.
>
> Search Options
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

JED,

If you do not want the Indexing Service, then disable it. It will force Vista to use the thorough Search instead. Here is a link for how to do it if needed.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69...rch.html?ltr=I

Shawn

This worked for me. Many thanks.

I also sent your next suggestion to my e-mail address in case I need to do
that. The concept of indexing is good; so far, however, the performance has
not. I feel the product should have assumed you want to search everywhere by
default and point you to help if you want to index.

Anyway, thanks.

magic

"brink" wrote:

>
> JED;386278 Wrote:
> > I am trying to find where an application is putting a file. I know
> > indexed
> > searches are great, but I always get either no files or many totally
> > unrelated files. To see what is going on, I go to DOCUMENTS under my
> > user
> > name and copy the name of a .pdf document. I go to search and paste
> > that
> > name in the search field. Searching indexed or all files, I never find
> > that
> > file. pdf files are checked in the indexed files selection and users is
> > in
> > the indexed path.
> > --
> > JED
>
> Hi JED,
>
> Have you checked your Search options to make sure that you have the
> settings set to what you want for results. Look at the link below for a
> screenshot with the thorugh seach options selected. It may help with
> your decision.
>
> Search Options
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>