Fun one! Windows explorer search

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Peter

Hello everyone.

I've been experiencing this issue for some time now, and frustration has
finally got this cat.

We have XP, SP2. Many times, more often that not, when I use the search
function embedded in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer), when I search
for files and folders, searching by a word in the filename, my search returns
empty results, even when I know there are files with that name. When I
demonstrated this error to people before, I would navigate to a directory,
point out a word in an existing file in said directory and tell them that is
the word I will use in the search. I do the search, it tells me no results
are found. Here is the kicker. I have found that if I click the back button
(after an empty search is returned), and click search again, without changing
anything, I can at times get results. Sometimes the back/search combination
occurs 5 times, sometimes 25 times, but usually I get results. Any ideas?

Thank you!!
 
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Bob Greenblatt

Hello everyone.

I've been experiencing this issue for some time now, and frustration has
finally got this cat.

We have XP, SP2. Many times, more often that not, when I use the search
function embedded in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer), when I search
for files and folders, searching by a word in the filename, my search returns
empty results, even when I know there are files with that name. When I
demonstrated this error to people before, I would navigate to a directory,
point out a word in an existing file in said directory and tell them that is
the word I will use in the search. I do the search, it tells me no results
are found. Here is the kicker. I have found that if I click the back button
(after an empty search is returned), and click search again, without changing
anything, I can at times get results. Sometimes the back/search combination
occurs 5 times, sometimes 25 times, but usually I get results. Any ideas?

Thank you!!
Click to expand...
Nope, no ideas, but I have seen that also. But, you posted that question to
a Macintosh Office news group. I think you'll have much better luck posting
to one of the Windows groups.
 
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Peter

Bob,

Thank you for the reply! I picked General Discussions from the list....must
have been MAC general discussions.
 
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