[dba-Tech] Windows File Searching

Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software bchacc at san.rr.com
Sat Feb 4 13:28:00 CST 2006


Maybe try:

findmenow*.*


shouldn't make any difference but who knows?

Rocky

MartyConnelly wrote:
> 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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