Windows XP Prof Search - Search is complete. There are no results to display

Posted: 11-26-2003, 10:08 AM

Marc Tay

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Hello,

I'm using Windows XP giving a simple search for a file
name with some extension such as '*.txt'. It always give
Search is complete. There are no results to display. Why?
Yes, I'm advance user and I know where to click and type.
Please help.

Thanks in advance.

MT

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Sharon F

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Re: Windows XP Prof Search - Search is complete. There are no results to display

Posted: 11-26-2003, 03:01 PM

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:08:16 -0800, Marc Tay wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using Windows XP giving a simple search for a file
> name with some extension such as '*.txt'. It always give
> Search is complete. There are no results to display. Why?
> Yes, I'm advance user and I know where to click and type.
> Please help.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> MT

I gave up searching for text strings with XP's search a long time ago.
Currently using Agent Ransack for this task: www.agentransack.com

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Sharon F
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