Explorer Search (F3) find a text/keyword in files is defect in Windows XP SP1 und Windows 2003 Server

[MarKom]

Is this issue known? And do anybody knows, if there is an Microsoft update
is available? (no hint in Microsoft Updates)
Or do anybody know a real good freeware "find in files" tool?

Explorer Search (F3) find a keyword in files is defect in Windows XP SP1 und
Windows 2003 Server
Lot's (most) of the files which contains the text/keywords will not been
found.
(other people find the issue too:
[url]http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1047062340[/url])

[Sharon F]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:54:06 +0200, "MarKom"
<Markus.Kommant.Online@de.adp.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>Is this issue known? And do anybody knows, if there is an Microsoft update
>is available? (no hint in Microsoft Updates)
>Or do anybody know a real good freeware "find in files" tool?
>
>Explorer Search (F3) find a keyword in files is defect in Windows XP SP1 und
>Windows 2003 Server
>Lot's (most) of the files which contains the text/keywords will not been
>found.
>(other people find the issue too:
>[url]http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1047062340[/url])
>
>
>
>
>
>

Not only is it a known issue, Search works this way by design. See:
Content Search Does Not Search All File Types for the Specified String
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309447[/url]

There are registry tweaks to be found that allow you to add additional
file types to be searched. Instead, I opted to use a different find
tool, Agent Ransack ([url]www.agentransack.com[/url])

Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]