Kevin Horn wrote:
Also, I have found that Explorer's search functionality doesn't work
worth a damn on any Windows OS late than Win2k.
I have seen these types of problems (Explorer search not finding
files) on everything WinXP and later (well, I haven't tried Windows 7
yet). I think it has to do with some change to the indexing...it
seems to happen more often with new files, but I haven't dug deep
enough to actually prove this.
Kevin Horn
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You have encountered one of the most annoying habits of late Windows
releases. By default, Windows will not search the contents of any file
whose extension it does not recognize. There is a simple fix, but it is
not intuitive, and not documented anywhere as far as I know. At my last
place of work, an e-mail describing the fix was passed around like a
bootleg recording.
I apologize if this is OT, but given how many people are frustrated with
this problem, and how few people seem to know the answer, I publicize it
whenever I can.
The solution, (on XP Pro):
From Control Panel/Administrative Tools, open "Computer Management"
In the tree diagram on the left side of the Computer Management
window, locate "Services and Applications/Indexing Service"
Right click Indexing Service and select "Properties"
In the dialog that pops up, make sure that "Index files with unknown
extensions" is checked.
Note that this solution works even if the computer is not set to use the
Indexing Service for its searches.
I do not know if there are similar problems on Vista or 7, or if the fix
is similar.
Hope y'all will forgive my brief OT digression.
--Dan Menes
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