Thanks Daniel,
I already tried with and w/o indexing service. In win9x and 2k this was easy to do.
Cetin

>Cetin,
>I don't have XP to test, but I sure feel your pain. I use the windows search tool all the time and couldn't be without it. While I don't have an answer, I found a couple of links that may give you some ideas:
>
>http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,78055,00.asp
>http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5207f.asp
>
>It seems that the search companion uses indexes to find files. Could it be a problem with the search index?
>
>>How do you search for a file that you know extension of file that contains known word(s) ? IOW what does 'A word or a phrase in the file:' exactly mean ?
>>If I have a file named 'myfile.prg' with 'SQLExec(' in it :
>>Filename : myfile
>>Finds that one along with others.
>>Filename : myfile
>>A word or a phrase in the file: SQLExec
>>or %SQLExec%, *SQLExec*, [SQLExec], "SQLExec"
>>fails. What is the trick ? Could anyone made this work in XP ?
>>PS: Not talking about VFP filer nor coding myself only winkey+F.
>>Cetin