Re: How to make the "search text" feature work with non "txt" file
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>See MVP Doug Knox' comments and fix here:>>-----Original Message----->an .html
>>"Willy Roche" <willy.roche@hp.com> skrev i meddelandet
>>news:011501c3147c$4ebaa1a0$3401280a@phx.gbl...
>>| I have never noticed this before, but it seams that
>>| Windows XP "search text in file" feature is working only
>>| with txt file.
>>|
>>| Try this:
>>| Write "<html><body>hello world</body></html>" in>>| file (with any html editor). Now use Windows XP "search">had the word
>>| functionnalty and try to find files containing the
>>| word "world" ==> nothing.
>>|
>>| Now rename the .html to .txt, do the search again ==>
>>| Whoo! Now WinXP finds the file!
>>|
>>| This use to work properly with all previous Windows (9x,
>>| NT, 2k). Is there any way to make WinXP find all files
>>| containing a word/sentence without any extension
>>| limitation?
>>|
>>You must do something wrong, I found 1015 html files that>>"world" in it. (From CIA Worldbook)>
>>/Björn
>>
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>Same problem to me. On all XP machines in my company.
>Anyone got a solution?
>
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...fix_search.htm
Or use a third party search tool such as Agent Ransack:
www.agentransack.com
Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]
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