Vista - Search for Multiple Extensions

I can't seem to figure out how to do a search under Vista for multiple
extensions. In XP's search you could put:

*.doc *.xls *.ppt

in the filename field for the search and it would find all documents
with those 3 extensions at the same time.

In Vista, doing an advanced search, that same criteria doesn't work
anymore.

So let's say I want to search my C: drive for all .DOC files, all XLS
files and all PPT at the same time. How do I do that?

"Dewg" <dewg_zom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181861472.793842.155230@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>I can't seem to figure out how to do a search under Vista for multiple
> extensions. In XP's search you could put:
>
> *.doc *.xls *.ppt
>
> in the filename field for the search and it would find all documents
> with those 3 extensions at the same time.
>
> In Vista, doing an advanced search, that same criteria doesn't work
> anymore.
>
> So let's say I want to search my C: drive for all .DOC files, all XLS
> files and all PPT at the same time. How do I do that?
>

Try this in the Start > Search box

Ext:.doc OR Ext:.xls OR Ext:.ppt

--
Jon

That did it. Thanks!

On Jun 14, 3:55 pm, "Jon" <Email_Addr...@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote:
> "Dewg" <dewg_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1181861472.793842.155230@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I can't seem to figure out how to do a search under Vista for multiple
> > extensions. In XP's search you could put:
>
> > *.doc *.xls *.ppt
>
> > in the filename field for the search and it would find all documents
> > with those 3 extensions at the same time.
>
> > In Vista, doing an advanced search, that same criteria doesn't work
> > anymore.
>
> > So let's say I want to search my C: drive for all .DOC files, all XLS
> > files and all PPT at the same time. How do I do that?
>
> Try this in the Start > Search box
>
> Ext:.doc OR Ext:.xls OR Ext:.ppt
>
> --
> Jon

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/des.../advanced.mspx



"Dewg" <dewg_zom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1181861472.793842.155230@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>I can't seem to figure out how to do a search under Vista for multiple
> extensions. In XP's search you could put:
>
> *.doc *.xls *.ppt
>
> in the filename field for the search and it would find all documents
> with those 3 extensions at the same time.
>
> In Vista, doing an advanced search, that same criteria doesn't work
> anymore.
>
> So let's say I want to search my C: drive for all .DOC files, all XLS
> files and all PPT at the same time. How do I do that?
>