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02-28-2008
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| | searching content within files I just got vista and it isn't searching content withing files with extension xlr. I have xlr indexed and it still isnt working. Any suggestions? |
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02-28-2008
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| | Re: searching content within files You do not have an association for that file. (doubleclick opens it) Rightclick one, then open_with, put a check in 'always use this', and browse to Notepad. -- Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost Mark L. Ferguson .. "Amy" <Amy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:47976719-CA3F-4DD8-A1BC-F3BC5D684EF7@xxxxxx Quote: >I just got vista and it isn't searching content withing files with >extension > xlr. I have xlr indexed and it still isnt working. Any suggestions? |
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02-28-2008
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| | Re: searching content within files Thanks, but it does have an association for that file type. These are my Microsoft Works spreadsheet files all of them are listed as xlr. "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: Quote: > You do not have an association for that file. (doubleclick opens it) > Rightclick one, then open_with, put a check in 'always use this', and browse > to Notepad. > > -- > Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web > interface. > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost > > Mark L. Ferguson > > . > "Amy" <Amy@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:47976719-CA3F-4DD8-A1BC-F3BC5D684EF7@xxxxxx Quote: > >I just got vista and it isn't searching content withing files with > >extension > > xlr. I have xlr indexed and it still isnt working. Any suggestions? |
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02-28-2008
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| | Re: searching content within files Spreadsheets are database files that don't contain plain text. You would need a query engine like Access. -- Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost Mark L. Ferguson .. "Amy" <Amy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E8A07101-33FA-4507-9AC4-B7DF69FA607C@xxxxxx Quote: > Thanks, but it does have an association for that file type. These are my > Microsoft Works spreadsheet files all of them are listed as xlr. > > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: > Quote: >> You do not have an association for that file. (doubleclick opens it) >> Rightclick one, then open_with, put a check in 'always use this', and >> browse >> to Notepad. >> >> -- >> Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the >> web >> interface. >> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost >> >> Mark L. Ferguson >> >> . >> "Amy" <Amy@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:47976719-CA3F-4DD8-A1BC-F3BC5D684EF7@xxxxxx Quote: >> >I just got vista and it isn't searching content withing files with >> >extension >> > xlr. I have xlr indexed and it still isnt working. Any suggestions? |
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