Searching in Windows 7 - remote folders

[theniteowl]

I need to search for .bat and .cfg files that have a dollar sign in them on a remote server share.
While I can accomplish this on my local device (after setting up cfg files to be text indexed) I cannot accomplish it on the share. It pulls up every file that matches the file extension specified regardless of whether the text I require is in the file.

I do not have access to the server to alter the indexing and bat files should have worked as they do locally so I am not sure what other options there might be.

Anybody?

At my age I still learn something new every day, but I forget two others.

 

[linney]

Does a free third party program like the following find the relevant files for you?

SearchMyFiles v1.55

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html

 

[theniteowl]

Cant install outside apps without going through a huge approval process which will probably be denied.
I cannot see why Windows 7 cannot handle this search though.

At my age I still learn something new every day, but I forget two others.

 

[goombawaho]

So then, the question has been misdirected. It should go to your crack(head) IT team. Force them to come up with a solution if it's business-related.

You will only make them mad if you try to go around them.

 

[theniteowl]

The question is about Windows 7 search functionality, not going around company standards.

At my age I still learn something new every day, but I forget two others.

 

[DrB0b]

Goomba is right on this one, no way around going through the IT Dept. If you are going to affect how the share is searched, that is their area of expertise(or supposed to be).

Learning - A never ending quest for knowledge usually attained by being thrown in a situation and told to fix it NOW.

 

[linney]

For machine wide searching you might have to look at extending your Indexing Options to cover all the folders otherwise searching may be slow.

You can also look at setting Search Options, Control Panel/ Folder Options/ View/ Search.

This is from Windows 7 Help and Support.

"If you can't find a file, you can expand your search to include different locations. For example, if you're searching for a file in the Documents library, but you're not sure where the file is stored, you can search across all of your libraries or your entire computer. Here's how:

Click the Start button , and then click Documents.

In the search box at the top of the open window, start typing.

Scroll to the bottom of the list of search results. Under Search again in, do one of the following:

Click Libraries to search across every library.

Click Computer to search across your entire computer. (This way you can search for files that aren't indexed, such as system or program files, but remember that the search will be slower.)

Click Custom to search specific locations.

Click Internet to search online using your default web browser and your default search provider."



This might or might be useful.

Tips for finding files

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/73106209-6df0-432a-8cb7-df5d8ce02ec61033.mspx

Windows Search.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/technicalresources/advquery.mspx

Troubleshooting Windows 7 & Vista Search & Indexing Errors

http://www.winvistaclub.com/t24.html

Windows Search

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1656683&page=1