[BNM] Getting 'Search...' working in Win XP and 2003

[Chris Billett]

Hey Paul - is this to do with Indexing? Perhaps the defaults have changed? I
think if you go into control panel there is either an Indexing panel (I have
that in Vista) or one tucked away in another control panel. There's an
option to Index Properties Only (default in Vista) and one to Index
Properties and File Contents. I'd imagine your problem is something to do
with that...

Can't blame them for turning it off by default... the amount of results
Spotlight gives me on a mac when I search for small words makes the thing
bloody useless.

CB

On 19/02/2008 11:39, "Paul Silver" wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In Windows, when you're in Windows Explorer you can right-click on a
> directory and in the options is 'Search...'
> 
> When I was on Windows 2000 I used to use this Search to search inside
> files for particular functions (e.g. search *.php for 'substr' or
> whatever.)
> 
> Now I'm trying to use this on XP and 2003, and it's not working. I'm
> searching directories for functions and commands that I know exist in
> the files, but I always get 'No results'.
> 
> Is there anything I need to turn on in these versions of Windows to make
> this work? Or if not a little utility I can use to do these types of
> search? 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Paul