how do you search for something inside text files and RT in Win 8.1?

[BirdDad]

rich text files that is.
How do I search for a string in all the test type files on any hard drive? WinXP had it so you could search within files as well as search for files.

 

[Essence_of_War]

Control Panel -> Indexing Options -> Advanced -> File Types -> Choose the file type you're interested in searching, switch from index properties only to index properties and contents.

Once the index gets re-built you should be able to search the contents of those file types.

 

[BirdDad]

Thank you
Is there any way I can deselect all and just add the file types I want to search?

 

[BirdDad]

Control Panel -> Indexing Options -> Advanced -> File Types -> Choose the file type you're interested in searching, switch from index properties only to index properties and contents.

Once the index gets re-built you should be able to search the contents of those file types.

now how do I search(I must be doing it wrong because I used a known word that was in several of the txt files which if it was looking IN the files it should have shown up several times), I did my search from the seach bar in my D,e, and F drives it failed to find anything and that was with a known.

 

[Essence_of_War]

Are you sure the index was re-built and that for .txt files you selected "index properties and contents"? The index rebuild should take a bit of time.

 

[seamadan]

you could use the findstr function in the command prompt as well.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732459.aspx

 

[Binky]

agent ransack...

 

[BirdDad]

thanks you all, I found what was lost, thank you

 

[John Connor]

Just in case anyone else is interested, I use Fileseek. It's damn good. UPi can ommit file with a -.

https://www.fileseek.ca/

 

[sbpromania]

I recommend search using: Everything Search Engine
You can find it here:http://www.voidtools.com/

 

[John Connor]

The topic title was: how do you search for something inside text files

Everything searches for files and I do use it and shut indexing off.