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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
<cgfuqo$l2i$>
News scrawled:

>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
>

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The Problem is, that the search function doesn't work at all anymore.

Pocahontas
"°Mike°" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:...
> How is that a problem?
>
>
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:44:55 +0200, in
> <cgfuqo$l2i$>
> News scrawled:
>
> >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
> >
>
> --
> Basic computer maintenance
> http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

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" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:cgg1hf$np2$...
> The Problem is, that the search function doesn't work at all anymore.
>
> Pocahontas
> "°Mike°" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:...
> > How is that a problem?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:44:55 +0200, in
> > <cgfuqo$l2i$>
> > News scrawled:
> >
> > >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
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Basic computer maintenance
> > http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html
>
>

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
<cgg1hf$np2$>
News scrawled:

>The Problem is, that the search function doesn't work at all anymore.
>
>Pocahontas
>"°Mike°" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>news:...
>> How is that a problem?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:44:55 +0200, in
>> <cgfuqo$l2i$>
>> News scrawled:
>>
>> >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
>> >
>>
>

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SFC /sannow didn't help,
so I installed Agent Ransack.
Works great

Thanks a lot for your help

Pocahontas

"°Mike°" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:...
> 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
> <cgg1hf$np2$>
> News scrawled:
>
> >The Problem is, that the search function doesn't work at all anymore.
> >
> >Pocahontas
> >"°Mike°" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> >news:...
> >> How is that a problem?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:44:55 +0200, in
> >> <cgfuqo$l2i$>
> >> News scrawled:
> >>
> >> >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
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Basic computer maintenance
> http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

You're welcome.


On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:31:02 +0200, in
<cgg8i7$skq$>
News scrawled:

>SFC /sannow didn't help,
>so I installed Agent Ransack.
>Works great
>
>Thanks a lot for your help
>
>Pocahontas
>
>"°Mike°" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>news:...

<snip>

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

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°Mike° wrote:

>> 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.
>
> How is that a problem?

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
<412bcd41$>
fjghdhg scrawled:

>°Mike° wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>>
>> How is that a problem?
>
>Read it again. It's saying "file not found" for an existing
>file that is not marked as hidden. It should show the file.

This was sorted out over 4 hours ago.

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°Mike° wrote:

> This was sorted out over 4 hours ago.

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