Using Search in Explorer with Vista

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Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:03:24 -0600, "Calab" <myspam@csd.ca> wrote:


>>> 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.

You may want to try out "Agent Ransack". Google it. Free, easy to use,
takes regular expressions too if you're a geek.

 

[Celegans]

Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
news:u9NshaWLJHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> 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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Re: Using Search in Explorer with Vista

Celegans wrote:
> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
> news:u9NshaWLJHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>> 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.