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Re: XP File Search Refuses To Search .LDR Files!
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:12:38 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
Isn't it strange that in the efforts of making the search faster and easier,
they have managed to complicate it so much that a former IT Support is just
about to throw the new PC out through the window in pure frustration? :)

Yeah, and the "improvements" in Vista and Windows 7 are, as far as I'm
concerned, even worse.

Also, I'm not sure how XP behaves, but in Vista/Windows 7 if you have indexing
turned on and search new files, it will silently not return any results, instead
of warning you that there is new unindexed content.  And if the directory the
files are in is indexed, it's a royal pain to find the place you need to click
to force it to search unindexed files.

--Travis



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  Re: XP File Search Refuses To Search .LDR Files!
 
(...) This is true in XP as well if you have "Windows Desktop Search" (or something similar) installed. I wish I could disable *that*. (15 years ago, 22-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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(...) Thanks, Travis, I have already managed to chase that annoying dog away, it was just to right-click on him or so. Maybe I'll turn that whole assistant off, too. Isn't it strange that in the efforts of making the search faster and easier, they (...) (15 years ago, 21-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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