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date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:54:09 -0400,
group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
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Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista
OK.
So, how does one use it?
It wasn't very intuitive for me and I don't have a lot of time.
Do you have any links regarding tutorials or documentation?
I was not able to quickly find functionality that previously existed.
"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
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>
> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
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>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
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>>> Hey All,
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me how I can recursively search folders in Windows
>>> Vista using Explorer? Currently, it only seems to search the currently
>>> selected folder.
>>>
>>> In that same vein, is there a way or has anyone found any third party
>>> tools which mimic the classic Explorer interface?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> TC
>>>
>>
>>
>> I use and love the free AgentRansack. It's fast, easy to use and
>> intuitive. If it's on your PC, AgentRansack will find it. I find the
>> search feature on Vista useless. AR works on both Vista and XP.
>
> The Vista Search is very powerful and will find anything by file or
> contents in a file, if one knows how to use it, which is pretty easy.
>
date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:41:40 -0400
author: news.microsoft.com
Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista
> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
> news:OvU36P%23KJHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>> news:%23HiDgg9KJHA.4236@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>>> news:eziV2K9KJHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hey All,
>>>>
>>>> Can someone tell me how I can recursively search folders in Windows
>>>> Vista using Explorer? Currently, it only seems to search the currently
>>>> selected folder.
>>>>
>>>> In that same vein, is there a way or has anyone found any third party
>>>> tools which mimic the classic Explorer interface?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> TC
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I use and love the free AgentRansack. It's fast, easy to use and
>>> intuitive. If it's on your PC, AgentRansack will find it. I find the
>>> search feature on Vista useless. AR works on both Vista and XP.
>>
>> The Vista Search is very powerful and will find anything by file or
>> contents in a file, if one knows how to use it, which is pretty easy.
NOT!
After two hours of trying to locate a file in Vista, I mounted the drive
from a remote XP machine and searched across the network. Found the file in
less than three minutes.
date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:03:24 -0600
author: Calab
Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista
"Calab" wrote in message
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>> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
>> news:OvU36P%23KJHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>>> news:%23HiDgg9KJHA.4236@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>>>> news:eziV2K9KJHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone tell me how I can recursively search folders in Windows
>>>>> Vista using Explorer? Currently, it only seems to search the
>>>>> currently selected folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> In that same vein, is there a way or has anyone found any third party
>>>>> tools which mimic the classic Explorer interface?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> TC
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I use and love the free AgentRansack. It's fast, easy to use and
>>>> intuitive. If it's on your PC, AgentRansack will find it. I find the
>>>> search feature on Vista useless. AR works on both Vista and XP.
>>>
>>> The Vista Search is very powerful and will find anything by file or
>>> contents in a file, if one knows how to use it, which is pretty easy.
>
> NOT!
>
> After two hours of trying to locate a file in Vista, I mounted the drive
> from a remote XP machine and searched across the network. Found the file
> in less than three minutes.
And was the file in an INDEXED location?
date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:05:33 +0100
author: Gordon lid
Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista
"Calab" wrote in message
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>> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
>> news:OvU36P%23KJHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>>> news:%23HiDgg9KJHA.4236@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>>>> news:eziV2K9KJHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone tell me how I can recursively search folders in Windows
>>>>> Vista using Explorer? Currently, it only seems to search the
>>>>> currently selected folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> In that same vein, is there a way or has anyone found any third party
>>>>> tools which mimic the classic Explorer interface?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> TC
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I use and love the free AgentRansack. It's fast, easy to use and
>>>> intuitive. If it's on your PC, AgentRansack will find it. I find the
>>>> search feature on Vista useless. AR works on both Vista and XP.
>>>
>>> The Vista Search is very powerful and will find anything by file or
>>> contents in a file, if one knows how to use it, which is pretty easy.
>
> NOT!
>
> After two hours of trying to locate a file in Vista, I mounted the drive
> from a remote XP machine and searched across the network. Found the file
> in less than three minutes.
Can I help it if you couldn't figure things out, and you don't know how to
look things up?
Shall I hold your hand like I am holding this other person's hand or are you
a grown-up?
date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:09:31 -0400
author: Mr. Arnold MR.
Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista
I am not a grown-up and I'd like you to hold my hand as I like to hold
hands. Kinda sweet :-)
More seriously, I'm not sure what spurred this type of response you
provided. I requested some help which, according to you, should be easy
help to provide. Please feel free to offer something of value. I'll leave
the "holding hands" stuff to other forums and websites better suited for
such things.
"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
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> "Calab" wrote in message
> news:%23baj93VLJHA.728@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OvU36P%23KJHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>>>> news:%23HiDgg9KJHA.4236@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> "news.microsoft.com" wrote in message
>>>>> news:eziV2K9KJHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can someone tell me how I can recursively search folders in Windows
>>>>>> Vista using Explorer? Currently, it only seems to search the
>>>>>> currently selected folder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In that same vein, is there a way or has anyone found any third party
>>>>>> tools which mimic the classic Explorer interface?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TC
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I use and love the free AgentRansack. It's fast, easy to use and
>>>>> intuitive. If it's on your PC, AgentRansack will find it. I find the
>>>>> search feature on Vista useless. AR works on both Vista and XP.
>>>>
>>>> The Vista Search is very powerful and will find anything by file or
>>>> contents in a file, if one knows how to use it, which is pretty easy.
>>
>> NOT!
>>
>> After two hours of trying to locate a file in Vista, I mounted the drive
>> from a remote XP machine and searched across the network. Found the file
>> in less than three minutes.
>
> Can I help it if you couldn't figure things out, and you don't know how to
> look things up?
>
> Shall I hold your hand like I am holding this other person's hand or are
> you a grown-up?
>
>
date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:28:08 -0400
author: news.microsoft.com
Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista
Celegans wrote:
> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Both of you need to stop, because neither one of you know what you're
>> talking about. The search is only going to look in indexed locations,
>> which there are only three default locations out of the box. The entire HD
>> is not indexed like it is on XP, but it can be customized on Vista.
>
> Mr. Arnold:
>
> Vista search simply does not work on some machines like mine. I have seen
> Vista search work, but as an early one to adopt Vista I have never seen
> search work correctly on my machine, after re-indexing countless times and
> after changing parameters to index contents of specified files.
Well, you have to make the Advanced Search "Include non indexed, hidden
and system files", and point to a drive letter or folder using the
Advanced search. The files you were searching for may not have even been
indexed.
>
> I have an example that I shared with Microsoft of searching six identical
> files. Vista's search can find only three of them. Microsoft made search
> fast, but it doesn't always work and cannot be trusted. So what good is
> that?
See the above. And then if you do the above, then Adv Search is seaching
in all files and folders if you happen to be pointing to a drive letter
like <C>.
>
> Microsoft now blocks my E-mail requests to trouble-shoot this search
> problem. They do not care that Vista search does not work, and have no
> diagnostic tools or suggestions to explore the failure on my machine.
What can I say?
>
> I want to go back to XP because of the flawed Vista search but I refuse to
> pay more money because of a defective Vista search.
To be honest, I think it's you that doesn't understand how to use the
search.
>
> I have wasted countless hours trying to get Vista seach to work, and it's
> time to move on. I definitely will take a look at Apple or Linux for any
> future machines since Microsoft offers no support even to those that are
> early adopters of its products.
Are you sure you knew what you were doing with the search?
>
> Why is it too much to ask for a search that ALWAYS works? The search
> provided by Agent Ransack is the only reason I have not abandoned Vista.
>
It's always worked for me. And I am going to flat-out say it. I don't
think you knew what you were fully doing with the search and how to use
it. But that's just my opinion.
date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:38:18 -0400
author: Mr. Arnold
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