WTF is wrong with my windows search?

[SonicIce]

I can only choose to seach from 3 differant file types. It's really annoying. Is this how it's supposed to be or how do I fix it?
why only three!?

 

[Malak]

Which flavor of Windows are you using?

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Malak
Which flavor of Windows are you using?

XP Pro with service pack 1

 

[Malak]

I wish I could help, I'm too lazy to switch to explorer to look at the search.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Malak
I wish I could help, I'm too lazy to switch to explorer to look at the search.

well that was pointless.

anyways what files does it show for anyone else

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: SonicIce

Originally posted by: Malak
I wish I could help, I'm too lazy to switch to explorer to look at the search.

well that was pointless.

anyways what files does it show for anyone else

The reason I asked was because your screenshot looked odd. You should have a list as long as the file types you support, and at the very least have an All Files *.* option.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: SonicIce

Originally posted by: Malak
I wish I could help, I'm too lazy to switch to explorer to look at the search.

well that was pointless.

anyways what files does it show for anyone else

The reason I asked was because your screenshot looked odd. You should have a list as long as the file types you support, and at the very least have an All Files *.* option.

thats what I thought. maybe a registry edit somewhere will fix it

 

[kamper]

Would those options even imply anything other than the extension on the file? Windows search sucks in general but I generally try not to use the wizard-like parts of it whenever possible and just do a *.ext kind of thing when targetting a specific file type. I'm guessing that'd be the same functionality and it's quicker to type than selecting from a drop down.

 

[SonicIce]

but what if i dont know the filetype of the file im looking for?

 

[xtknight]

Windows Search sucks. Use the freeware Agent Ransack and brush up on 'regular expressions' (there's a wizard in Ransack too). Window's in-file searching is broken as well whereas Ransack's is awesome.

And no, I have no clue why there is only 3 extensions. It's as if your entire HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive was nuked or something. Sufficient privileges? :/ Maybe it's just slow at loading? I click on that combo box and it loads itself up eventually.