Searching in Vista

I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst. In
previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a list
of all .pst files.
In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?

GordonP

"Gordon Padwick" <> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst. In
> previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a
> list of all .pst files.
> In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?
>
> GordonP


You'd need to have Outlook installed, in which case they get indexed by
mapi, otherwise it's an excluded extension by default.

cf

Windows Search
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...ws-search.html

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Jon

/Gordon Padwick/ said:
> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst. In
> previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a list
> of all .pst files.
> In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?

If Vista search frustrates you, try Agent Ransack (free)...
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

Works well, despite not being listed for Vista. You may be pleasantly
surprised.

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:59:39 -0700, lid wrote:

> /Gordon Padwick/ said:
>> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
>> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst. In
>> previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
>> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a list
>> of all .pst files.
>> In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?
>
> If Vista search frustrates you, try Agent Ransack (free)...
> http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
>
> Works well, despite not being listed for Vista. You may be pleasantly
> surprised.

GREAT!!! I use that all the time in XP.
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Gordon Padwick wrote:
> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst.
> In previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a
> list of all .pst files.

Sounds like you're pretty pst.

"Gordon Padwick" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst. In
> previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a
> list of all .pst files.
> In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?
>
> GordonP


Control Panel | Systems and Maintenance | Indexing Options | Change how
Windows searches | Advanced | File Types [tab] | click pst to add to index.
Done.

Lang

"Jon" <> wrote in message
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> "Gordon Padwick" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
>> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst.
>> In previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
>> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a
>> list of all .pst files.
>> In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?
>>
>> GordonP
>
>
> You'd need to have Outlook installed, in which case they get indexed by
> mapi, otherwise it's an excluded extension by default.
>
> cf
>
> Windows Search
> http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...ws-search.html
>
> --
> Jon
>

Well, Jon, that the file type is excluded by default is true... but that one
must have Outlook installed is way, way, untrue. False. Bad advise.

Lang

"Lang Murphy" <> wrote in message
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> Well, Jon, that the file type is excluded by default is true... but that
> one must have Outlook installed is way, way, untrue. False. Bad advise.
>
> Lang


The method you gave lower in the thread only indexes the name of the file,
which you can obviously do for any extension - and if you'd read the link
given then you would have seen that I was already aware of that, since I
gave that advice in the thread. If you want its contents indexed then you
need Outlook installed, or at the very least a suitable IFilter installed.

Dave Wood, who gave that response in the thread, is part of the Windows
Search team so I would suspect that he knows what he is talking about.

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Jon

Not sure if you tried this but -- when you search for your *.pst, click on
'Advanced Search', and check the box labeled as 'Include non-indexed,
hidden, and system files (might be slow)'. This should yield your .pst
files.

"Gordon Padwick" <> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst. In
> previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a
> list of all .pst files.
> In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?
>
> GordonP

Extst should work.
if it doesn't find them, then open the advanced options, and check "Include
non-indexed locations".

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"Gordon Padwick" <> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems with Search in Vista.
> I want to locate all files that have a certain extension, such as .pst. In
> previous versions of Windows, this was simple, but not so in Vista.
> Previously, all I had to do in Search was to search for *.pst to see a
> list of all .pst files.
> In Vista, what do I have to do to find all .pst files on my hard drive?
>
> GordonP