Hi there

Anyone who has enountered the following problem?

When I enter a filename into the search function of
Win 2k (F3), it takes the fraction of a second until
"No file found" appears on the screen. Even if I search for
a known and unhidden file.

Pocahontas

How is that a problem?


On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:44:55 +0200, in
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The Problem is, that the search function doesn't work at all anymore.

Pocahontas
"°Mike°" <qp_mike_qp@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hi Mike

The problem description was, maybe a little vague.
When I open say the Drive C: and can see e.g. "boot.ini",
this file isn't hidden.
Nevertheless when I try to search drive C: for "boot.ini",
the file is not found by Search.
And this goes for every File on every Disk, which means
that Search doesn't work anymore.

Thanks
Pocahontas




"News" <peter.schweizer@ggaweb.ch> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I see; so your search results are ALWAYS negative?

In that case, try running the system file checker:
Start --> Run --> sfc /scannow

Another alternative -- far superior to the Windows
search assistant -- is Agent Ransack (free):
http://www.agentransack.com/default.aspx


On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:31:12 +0200, in
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SFC /sannow didn't help,
so I installed Agent Ransack.
Works great

Thanks a lot for your help

Pocahontas

"°Mike°" <qp_mike_qp@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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You're welcome.


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°Mike° wrote:

Read it again. It's saying "file not found" for an existing
file that is not marked as hidden. It should show the file.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:20:33 +1000, in
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This was sorted out over 4 hours ago.

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°Mike° wrote:

Too bad, I just logged on recently and saw it.

"News" <peter.schweizer@ggaweb.ch> wrote in message news:<cgfuqo$l2i$1@newshispeed.ch>...
Are you sure you are having it check in the right directory?
If "Look in:" is set at like "My Documents" - it will ONLY look there.
If you want to search a harddrive, select it (usually something like C.
Search WHOLE computer? I think selecting "My Computer" works?

dunno. might not be the problem, but worth checking.