Arriyel,
Sure it would help :) I don't want to use empty word. I could simply order by name or extension for that.
Anyway it was a catch in XP and solved. See 'XP find file 2nd try' thread. I ended adding 'PersistentHandler' for VFP file types.
Cetin

>Hi Cetin,
>
>Try:
>Filename : mysearchstr
>Phrase : (empty)
>Location : c:\mypath
>
>HTH,
>Arriyel
>
>>In win2K or win9x search for file :
>>
>>Filename : *.prg
>>Phrase : mysearchstr
>>Location : c:\mypath
>>
>>Was returning all prg files in c:\mypath which contain the 'mysearchstr'. How to do this in XP ? It's always returning 'no files' with different combinations I tried. TIA.
>>Cetin