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[Sopman]

I'm trying to do the Search command "containing text", but having problems with the text I'm entering. It is ##.00

For some reason it doesn't like the #. I get a parameter error message.

Is there anyway around this?

Thanks
Sopman

 

[Happo]

Are you doing this from the command line or Start>Search? It works fine for me with Start>Search? Or is it desktop search you are referring to?

 

[linney]

Do you have Indexing turned on, I don't, and I get a message about "The Index Service query cannot be completed successfully because the volumes you have specified are not indexed". This was from the main Search window.


A bit of information about a possible bug is contained in this link, with a Windows 2000 fix, which may or may not work in XP?


can't search for strings starting with "#" character

http://clubweb.interbaun.com/fenske/annoy.htm

Windows search behaving very very strange regarding asp files and <%
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An alternate search engine is Agent Ransack

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download.aspx

allegedly much faster for searching locally, more configurable too.


Using the "A Word or Phrase in the File" Search Criterion May Not Work

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q309173

Content Search Does Not Search All File Types for the Specified String

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309447

Navigate to

http://www.dougknox.com/

and find this file and fix called xp_persisthandler.vbs - Enable XP's "Search" to find text in files. It is reached via Win XP Fixes/ Win XP Search Problems/ Can't find files containing text.