I think I'll rather try a third-party search tool, like the one you suggested, than continue putting up with the lousy built-in search.
Thanks a lot.
>Hi Hilmar,
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>I see Sergey gave you the XP fix. Another option is to use a free version of Agent Ransack (
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx) from MythicSoft. I found it to be a great file search tool and use it all the time instad of the Win search.
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>Bill
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>>In Windows 98, I could search for files that contained a certain text, and all worked well. Windows XP, on the other hand, has failed me several times - it is quite clear that not all files are shown.
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>>Is there a setting I overlooked? or perhaps, can someone recommend a free third-party utility that does work?
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