Re: Windows FIND (SEARCH) Not Working

Subject: Re: Windows FIND (SEARCH) Not Working
From: "Scott Bulloch" <scott -dot- bulloch -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:55:44 -0800

I don't know if this is part of the problem, but have you tried using the *
wildcard before and after INTERNAL (i.e., *INTERNAL*)?

The Indexing Service is in the list of services available here (on XP):
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
On my PC, it's not running, and I can search without problems.

Scott Bulloch


On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I've got a bunch of test DOCs, located in a TEST SPECS folder, I have to
> search through. Each DOC has the word, INTERNAL, somewhere in its file
> name.
> I'm setting up my search like so:
>
> All or part of the file name:
> INTERNAL
>
> A word or phrase in the file:
> WORKSTATION
>
> Look in:
> TEST SPECS
>
> Nothing is turning up after repeated tries using various search words I
> KNOW
> are in these files. Is this because I don't have the Indexing service
> engaged and, if so, remind me how to engage it.
>
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