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Old 08-31-2007   #1 (permalink)
Dick


 
 

Finding files

In Windows XP, I was able to find files by searching "inside" the file for
"key" words.
Has this feature gone away in Vista Home Premium?
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Dick

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Old 08-31-2007   #2 (permalink)
Dave


 
 

Re: Finding files

You can search inside files, if you have the ifilter for that file type.
Vista comes with some 200 ifilters.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/des...earchtype.mspx

http://ifilter.org/



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> In Windows XP, I was able to find files by searching "inside" the file for
> "key" words.
> Has this feature gone away in Vista Home Premium?
> --
> Dick
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