Desktop Search limitation?

I've found that I can't search for a string inside a file using quotes
and get an accurate result. The search will find all words, even
though MS documentation indicates that searching in quotes will give
exact phrase.
anyone find this and fix it?

Brad

I found this for you

WINDOW
SEARCH ADVANCED QUERY SYNTAX (\"HTTP://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM/WINDOWS/PRODUCTS/WINFAMILY/DESKTOPSEARCH/TECHNICALRESOURCES/ADVQUERY.MSPX\"
Microsoft Wrote:
>
>
> WINDOWS SEARCH ADVANCED QUERY SYNTA
> Once you have Windows Search for Windows Vista or Windows XP, you migh
> be wondering how you can be even more efficient when it comes to findin
> files and e-mail on your PC. Advanced Query Syntax (AQS) can help you d
> just that. Using AQS, you can quickly define and narrow your searche
> for even more targeted results.
> You can narrow your searches using a variety of keywords, or searc
> parameters, which can restrict your query to specific locations
> specific file types or properties within those types, or specific "fil
> kinds." File kinds are displayed at the top of the Windows Searc
> Explorer, accessible by pressing the Windows Logo key + F.
> To match a specific string literally, without it being interpreted as
> keyword, you can use double quotation marks. Words in a search quer
> entered between quotation marks are matched exactly, in the order the
> were entered.
> The example tables below give you an overview of syntax that can b
> used with Windows Search 4.0, Windows Vista, or Windows Desktop Searc
> 3.01 for Windows XP, including the properties that can be added to you
> search terms to narrow and refine your results

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(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../advquery.mspx)

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Yes, that is the documentation I refer to. From the page..

"To match a specific string literally, without it being interpreted as
a keyword, you can use double quotation marks. Words in a search query
entered between quotation marks are matched exactly, in the order they
were entered. "

This is where it falls down. Searching for an exact phrase in quotes
does not work.

Here is a test. Create three .txt files, called test1, test2 and test3

In each, type one of the following phrases

you are here
here you are
are you here

Now search that directory for "are you here" inside files

This will return all three of the test files. This is bad

Brad

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:32:04 -0500, Americano
<> wrote:

>
>Brad-
>
>I found this for you:
>
>
>WINDOWS
>SEARCH ADVANCED QUERY SYNTAX (\"HTTP://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM/WINDOWS/PRODUCTS/WINFAMILY/DESKTOPSEARCH/TECHNICALRESOURCES/ADVQUERY.MSPX\")
>Microsoft Wrote:
>>
>>
>> WINDOWS SEARCH ADVANCED QUERY SYNTAX
>> Once you have Windows Search for Windows Vista or Windows XP, you might
>> be wondering how you can be even more efficient when it comes to finding
>> files and e-mail on your PC. Advanced Query Syntax (AQS) can help you do
>> just that. Using AQS, you can quickly define and narrow your searches
>> for even more targeted results.
>> You can narrow your searches using a variety of keywords, or search
>> parameters, which can restrict your query to specific locations,
>> specific file types or properties within those types, or specific "file
>> kinds." File kinds are displayed at the top of the Windows Search
>> Explorer, accessible by pressing the Windows Logo key + F.
>> To match a specific string literally, without it being interpreted as a
>> keyword, you can use double quotation marks. Words in a search query
>> entered between quotation marks are matched exactly, in the order they
>> were entered.
>> The example tables below give you an overview of syntax that can be
>> used with Windows Search 4.0, Windows Vista, or Windows Desktop Search
>> 3.01 for Windows XP, including the properties that can be added to your
>> search terms to narrow and refine your results.
>
>*'
>'
>(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...dvquery.mspx)*

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:57:16 -0700, Brad <> wrote:

>Yes, that is the documentation I refer to. From the page..
>
>"To match a specific string literally, without it being interpreted as
>a keyword, you can use double quotation marks. Words in a search query
>entered between quotation marks are matched exactly, in the order they
>were entered. "
>
>This is where it falls down. Searching for an exact phrase in quotes
>does not work.
>
>Here is a test. Create three .txt files, called test1, test2 and test3
>
>In each, type one of the following phrases
>
>you are here
>here you are
>are you here
>
>Now search that directory for "are you here" inside files
>
>This will return all three of the test files. This is bad

This will cure it, along with all the other bugs and just plain
unintuitive, moronic features of Vista search:

http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?...sack&page=home