no search results

I recently had a corrupted registry that prevented my WinXP pro machine from booting. Our Tech Support team was able to repair it, but it appears my workstation is still somewhat crippled. I had to reinstall all of the software back on it, and lately I've noticed that the Search function within File Explorer fails to return correct results.

I have several .asp text files in a folder, at least three contain the result I'm looking for, and the search only returns one instance of these files. Refining the search makes it worse. I get no results at all, when I'm certain there are more than three instances of the string I'm looking for within the files in this folder.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[732 byte] By [GenaroHernandez] at [2007-12-24]

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Hello Genaro,

The search function that you are talking about is Search Companion. This is the standard search tool on Windows XP. This forum is specifically for questions dealing with Windows Desktop Search (WDS). WDS is a product that you can download and add to your Microsoft Windows installation. Unfortunately, there won't be any information about Search Companion here. I would suggest asking this question on one of the Windows forums. I've found the following forum to be helpful in the past:

http://forums.windowsforum.org/

Paul Nystrom - MSFT

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