The Search function in Win XP is better in nearly every way
than the Find function I was used to in Win 98.

A couple of problems I like advice on, though.

XP's search function does a context search instead of the
Find function exact search. I have Ford GT-40 pics on my PC.
When I use Search with a string like "gt40" it finds "gt40",
"gt 40" and "gt-40", which is fine most of the time.

But, is there a way with Search to do an exact search? For
example, I was looking for the few pics I had that were "GT
40" (with a space between GT and 40). Couldn't find a way to
make Search find just these files. Putting quotes around the
search string like you do in Google doesn't work.

Is there a way to do an exact search? I couldn't find
anything in the advanced options.

The second problem I've seen is that Search is *much* slower
than Find, probably because it is doing a context search,
which takes longer. Is there a plug-in or stand-along search
function that works like the old Win 98 Find function and
works faster?

Thanks for your help.

-- Jerry Rivers

Use the question mark as a wild card.

GT?40


On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:58:06 -0600, in
<Xns947679BD4C6C9JerrysPics@216.196.97.135>
Jerry Rivers scrawled:

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°Mike° <ZHNTPDWBLECA@fcnzzbgry.pbz> wrote in
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Thanks for the tip, Mike. Does the old DOS wildcard * also
work?

-- Jerry Rivers

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:42:46 -0600, in
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Jerry Rivers scrawled:

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No, not in the search wizard -- don't ask me why.

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