find in files has gone slow in .NET

[sajidi99]

Hello all,

(CTL + F)

I have noticed in my VS.NET 2005, the "Find in All Solution" function has gone really slow for past few days.

What can be wrong?

Cheers

Ch Saj

http://www.shopandsmile.co.uk

 

[macleod1021]

That's actually a question you would have the answer to. Look at the results..There's a "Total files searched: ???". If you're searching through hundreds and hundreds of files, then it'll take a while. Also, look if you have any 5 million line files.

 

[JurkMonkey]

Keep in mind you are using a MS product also - they tend to slow down over time. Reboot!

Tomorrow think about switching to linux.

http://www.ubuntu.com/

 

[sajidi99]

Hello macleod1021,

I don't think that anything like this would slow down the search because other developers are using search on same amount of code and on similar type of PC specs and their search is faster than mine.

Also I just started experiencing this problem couple of days back. Before a week or so, it was lightening fast!

Cheers

Ch Saj

http://www.shopandsmile.co.uk

 

[macleod1021]

Well...if others are searching with no problem, then check for recent updates. Your computer may have updated a process that others did not. If you're not sure, try rolling back your computer with System Restore and see if that helps.

 

[NeilTrain]

make sure your searching only code files (*.cs; etc)

I had a web project that had about 30,000 product images in a subfolder. I searched the entire solution for some code, and because it was set to search all files (*.*) it attempted to copy all the images into the local cache to search them. Needless to say had i left it alone it would have taken a long time, and probably errored out when the HD on my laptop filled up.