Search in Vista

Search continues to confuse me in Vista. In XP it was easy to find files
i.e. *.xls;*budget*.doc, etc. In vista file manager there is a textbox that
says search but it looks inside all files for the string you type. I know
there is an advanced search but I can't figure out how to bring it up. It
only becomes available if the first search could not find anything. How can
I get advanced search to come up so that I can search for files?

Is there any tutorial anywhere that will allow someone to Vista Search?
Thanks,
Gary

"GaryDean" <> wrote:

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>Search continues to confuse me in Vista. In XP it was easy to find files
>i.e. *.xls;*budget*.doc, etc. In vista file manager there is a textbox that
>says search but it looks inside all files for the string you type. I know
>there is an advanced search but I can't figure out how to bring it up. It
>only becomes available if the first search could not find anything. How can
>I get advanced search to come up so that I can search for files?
>
>Is there any tutorial anywhere that will allow someone to Vista Search?

Save yourself a LOT of trouble and install AgentRansack.

It will do what you want, and you can disable Windows Search/Indexing.

Richie Hardwick

"GaryDean" <> wrote in message
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> Search continues to confuse me in Vista. In XP it was easy to find files
> i.e. *.xls;*budget*.doc, etc. In vista file manager there is a textbox
> that says search but it looks inside all files for the string you type. I
> know there is an advanced search but I can't figure out how to bring it
> up. It only becomes available if the first search could not find
> anything. How can I get advanced search to come up so that I can search
> for files?
>
> Is there any tutorial anywhere that will allow someone to Vista Search?

If you click on an empty area of the desktop and press F3 this will open the
old advanced search window. There used to be a link to this on the Start
Menu, but due to the protests from Google it was removed.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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GaryDean wrote:

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> Search continues to confuse me in Vista. In XP it was easy to find
> files i.e. *.xls;*budget*.doc, etc. In vista file manager there is a
> textbox that says search but it looks inside all files for the string
> you type. I know there is an advanced search but I can't figure out
> how to bring it up. It only becomes available if the first search
> could not find anything. How can I get advanced search to come up so
> that I can search for files?
>
> Is there any tutorial anywhere that will allow someone to Vista
> Search? Thanks,
> Gary

Forget windows explorer and windows search.

Go give this one a try:

http://www.easexp.com/xsearch/

Toad

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