Fun one! Windows explorer search

[Peter]

Hello everyone.

I've been experiencing this issue for some time now, and frustration has
finally got this cat.

We have XP, SP2. Many times, more often that not, when I use the search
function embedded in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer), when I search
for files and folders, searching by a word in the filename, my search returns
empty results, even when I know there are files with that name. When I
demonstrated this error to people before, I would navigate to a directory,
point out a word in an existing file in said directory and tell them that is
the word I will use in the search. I do the search, it tells me no results
are found. Here is the kicker. I have found that if I click the back button
(after an empty search is returned), and click search again, without changing
anything, I can at times get results. Sometimes the back/search combination
occurs 5 times, sometimes 25 times, but usually I get results. Any ideas?

Thank you!!

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Hello everyone.

I've been experiencing this issue for some time now, and frustration has
finally got this cat.

We have XP, SP2. Many times, more often that not, when I use the search
function embedded in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer), when I search
for files and folders, searching by a word in the filename, my search returns
empty results, even when I know there are files with that name. When I
demonstrated this error to people before, I would navigate to a directory,
point out a word in an existing file in said directory and tell them that is
the word I will use in the search. I do the search, it tells me no results
are found. Here is the kicker. I have found that if I click the back button
(after an empty search is returned), and click search again, without changing
anything, I can at times get results. Sometimes the back/search combination
occurs 5 times, sometimes 25 times, but usually I get results. Any ideas?

Thank you!!

Nope, no ideas, but I have seen that also. But, you posted that question to
a Macintosh Office news group. I think you'll have much better luck posting
to one of the Windows groups.

 

[Peter]

Bob,

Thank you for the reply! I picked General Discussions from the list....must
have been MAC general discussions.