Search companion on Windows server 2003

#1 ran2005s

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Posted 03 November 2005 - 08:37 AM

Hi ppl,

My project dev-box has windows server 2003 SP1. On this machine whenever i try to SEARCH for a particular file, it returns 0 files found, when as a matter of fact files with those names do exist on the drives !!!

Has ne1 ever faced such a problem with win server 2003?? Can someone please provide a fix for this issue.

Thanks,
RN

#2 theefool

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Posted 04 November 2005 - 11:03 AM

Make sure the following are checked under "Advanced Options":

Search System Folders
Search Hidden Files and Folders
Search SubFolders

If you still can't find them, then (What I typically do normally), use the cmd prompt to hunt for those files, in question......

#3 ran2005s

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Posted 05 November 2005 - 08:56 AM

checked all the "Advanced Options" you specified. But no luck!!

I think the problem is with the Win2K3 server registry, but not sure. Can anyone please confirm?

#4 snakefoot

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Posted 26 November 2005 - 05:07 AM

Maybe this registry tweak will do it for ya:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Control \ContentIndex]
FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions = 1 (Default = 0)

Configure the file search to include all files