[dba-Tech] Windows File Searching

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Sat Feb 4 12:07:37 CST 2006


The filename to search for should be
*.doc
Check the advanced search settings for things like case sensitive that 
might have checked

It even works for me with google desktop search engine

Dan Waters wrote:

>I wanted to try searching for a certain word within a file.  The Windows
>Search function appears to have this function, but I can't make it work.  Is
>it supposed to work?
>
>I made a Word file titled Test Word.doc.  It contains one word 'findmenow'.
>The search failed trying to find this word.
>
>Am I asking too much?  
>
>Dan Waters
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