RT
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Hi folks!
I've had at least two (that I can recall) instances recently where the Search for Files or Folders function seems as useless as the pictures on the Denny's menu.
Whilst tweaking sound on a game, I was supposed to copy the revalent .m3d file from one folder to another. Not knowing where the file was, I searched (from the Start bar) for "*.m3d", and no results were found...
Upon poking around in the games' folder, there I found about ten .m3d files, all missed by the search!
Same deal with an exe file I search for...search says no results found, but looking into the folders, I find it's there, smug in it's aparent invisibility! Search can find other exe's, but missed cfd.exe for some reason.
I've tried this by searching in C:
and My Computer.
I have the options enabled to show hidden and system files, could there be a similar option for Search that I haven't enabled?
Running WinXP Homely Ed on a Dell
w/SP1
I've had at least two (that I can recall) instances recently where the Search for Files or Folders function seems as useless as the pictures on the Denny's menu.
Whilst tweaking sound on a game, I was supposed to copy the revalent .m3d file from one folder to another. Not knowing where the file was, I searched (from the Start bar) for "*.m3d", and no results were found...
Upon poking around in the games' folder, there I found about ten .m3d files, all missed by the search!
Same deal with an exe file I search for...search says no results found, but looking into the folders, I find it's there, smug in it's aparent invisibility! Search can find other exe's, but missed cfd.exe for some reason.
I've tried this by searching in C:
and My Computer.
I have the options enabled to show hidden and system files, could there be a similar option for Search that I haven't enabled?
Running WinXP Homely Ed on a Dell
w/SP1