XP Pro Search not finding files with designated text

[Muse]

I used to use this all the time when I knew that some files contain a certain string ("Containing text") and Windows would always find the files either in the folder chosen or in subfolders. Now I'm getting no results and I am 100% sure there are results to return. The last 1/2 dozen times I've tried it I've gotten no files found, and I'm certain that's in error. What could be preventing Windows Search from doing its job?

 

[Phynaz]

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[Muse]

Originally posted by: Phynaz
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Thing is, the searches used to work fine AFAIK and now they don't. I don't know why XP would stop being able to find the files. Of particular interest to me are FoxPro data files, and they have the extensions:

.dbf
.fpt
.cdx

Used to work fine. 😕

 

[Binky]

Try Agent Ransack.
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Binky
Try Agent Ransack.
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

Yup. Awesome utility... I was turned on to it a couple of days ago by some guys in a newsgroup. It works great, is powerful and configurable, and I'm just using the freeware version. I haven't gotten under the hood much yet, but it's doing what XP refuses to do. Weird, it used to work in these contexts using XP's search.

...thanks!