Document Viewer

Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows vista i had a
document viwer program that could read all my text files so i could find
particular songs for my karaoke discs, but with windows 7 that program will
not work. I have searched everywhere with no sucess could some please help.
All my files are in .txt format and have over 2000 files so manually it
would take me forever, so i need soemthing that would search each one to
find the song i am looking for like i did in vista.

cheers dave

On 09 May 2011, "Dragon" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows
> vista i had a document viwer program that could read all my text
> files so i could find particular songs for my karaoke discs, but
> with windows 7 that program will not work. I have searched
> everywhere with no sucess could some please help. All my files are
> in .txt format and have over 2000 files so manually it would take
> me forever, so i need soemthing that would search each one to find
> the song i am looking for like i did in vista.

It's not clear to me how "you did it in Vista" or what, exactly, you're
trying to do.

Most file search programs will find files based on file name, or
content. Windows' built in search will do that. I like Agent Ransack.

http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?...sack&page=home

On 09/05/2011 21:40, Dragon wrote:
> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows vista i
> had a document viwer program that could read all my text files so i
> could find particular songs for my karaoke discs, but with windows 7
> that program will not work. I have searched everywhere with no sucess
> could some please help. All my files are in .txt format and have over
> 2000 files so manually it would take me forever, so i need soemthing
> that would search each one to find the song i am looking for like i did
> in vista.
>
> cheers dave
>

If it worked in Vista it's usually got a high percentage likelihood of
working in Win7.
What's the program?

Ed

"Dragon" <> wrote in message
news:ijYxp.549$2...
> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows vista i had
> a document viwer program that could read all my text files so i could find
> particular songs for my karaoke discs, but with windows 7 that program
> will not work. I have searched everywhere with no sucess could some
> please help. All my files are in .txt format and have over 2000 files so
> manually it would take me forever, so i need soemthing that would search
> each one to find the song i am looking for like i did in vista.

If the name of the program wasn't such a closely guarded secret perhaps
someone may have already used in in Win7 and figured out the issue.

"Nil" wrote in message news:Xns9EE0AB1212235nilch1@130.133.4.11...

On 09 May 2011, "Dragon" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows
> vista i had a document viwer program that could read all my text
> files so i could find particular songs for my karaoke discs, but
> with windows 7 that program will not work. I have searched
> everywhere with no sucess could some please help. All my files are
> in .txt format and have over 2000 files so manually it would take
> me forever, so i need soemthing that would search each one to find
> the song i am looking for like i did in vista.

It's not clear to me how "you did it in Vista" or what, exactly, you're
trying to do.

Most file search programs will find files based on file name, or
content. Windows' built in search will do that. I like Agent Ransack.

http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?...sack&page=home

In Vista and earlier version of windows I had a program called document
viewer which i still have and what it done it allowed you to search for text
within a text, doc or other file if you get what I mean. i dont know where
i got the program from but had it a long time and it worked perfect upto
when i changed to Windows 7. i am not actually looking for files but
content of words inside files if you get what i mean, if i do that with the
seacrh option from windows it only finds the files i have made not the text
within that file.

"Ed Cryer" wrote in message news:iq9khk$vk7$...

On 09/05/2011 21:40, Dragon wrote:
> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows vista i
> had a document viwer program that could read all my text files so i
> could find particular songs for my karaoke discs, but with windows 7
> that program will not work. I have searched everywhere with no sucess
> could some please help. All my files are in .txt format and have over
> 2000 files so manually it would take me forever, so i need soemthing
> that would search each one to find the song i am looking for like i did
> in vista.
>
> cheers dave
>

If it worked in Vista it's usually got a high percentage likelihood of
working in Win7.
What's the program?

Ed

Hi ed the original program i have not sure where i actually got it from as i
have had it a long time, is called Document Viewer v4.0. I have tried every
which way in windows 7 to get it to work with no luck, compatibility mode
for every windows so any other advise would be helpful

dave

"Seth" wrote in message news:iq9v6c$qij$...


"Dragon" <> wrote in message
news:ijYxp.549$2...
> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows vista i had
> a document viwer program that could read all my text files so i could find
> particular songs for my karaoke discs, but with windows 7 that program
> will not work. I have searched everywhere with no sucess could some
> please help. All my files are in .txt format and have over 2000 files so
> manually it would take me forever, so i need soemthing that would search
> each one to find the song i am looking for like i did in vista.

If the name of the program wasn't such a closely guarded secret perhaps
someone may have already used in in Win7 and figured out the issue.


Its not a secret its called Document Viewer v4.0 but i dont know who made it
or from where i actually got it, had it a very long time and can not get it
to work in win 7

On 12/05/2011 01:53, Dragon wrote:
>
>
> "Seth" wrote in message news:iq9v6c$qij$...
>
>
> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
> news:ijYxp.549$2...
>> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows vista i
>> had a document viwer program that could read all my text files so i
>> could find particular songs for my karaoke discs, but with windows 7
>> that program will not work. I have searched everywhere with no sucess
>> could some please help. All my files are in .txt format and have over
>> 2000 files so manually it would take me forever, so i need soemthing
>> that would search each one to find the song i am looking for like i
>> did in vista.
>
> If the name of the program wasn't such a closely guarded secret perhaps
> someone may have already used in in Win7 and figured out the issue.
>
>
> Its not a secret its called Document Viewer v4.0 but i dont know who
> made it
> or from where i actually got it, had it a very long time and can not get it
> to work in win 7

Oh why, oh why do people try to get such old programs installed on Win 7
machines?

I'll tell you what? I've got some old DOS programs. Would you be
interested? You might even get them to work with Win 7 and if you can
manage that feat they will work like lightning! I've even got Lotus
Suite somewhere on 42 (yes 42!) floppies!
--
choro
*****

Hi, Dave.

"Document Viewer" is such a generic name that it has been used by many
producers for many different programs. Try Bingling that phrase and see how
many different programs you come up with! Bing gets 96 million hits; Google
over 3 million; even ask.com gets 212,000. HP has one (up to version 7.0
now); Dell has one; Adobe has one...

The only way you're going to find YOUR Document Viewer is by examining the
program to find out WHICH Document Viewer you have. Can you still run it in
Vista, or is that machine gone forever? If you can find a way to run it,
does it have a Help file? Can you click Help | About? Can you open a
Command Prompt window (what we old-timers still incorrectly call a "DOS
window") and use the Type command? (Ignore all the binary "garbage" and
look for the name of the program and its maker in plain text sequences.)
Can you use Windows Explorer and right-click on the program's executable
file (docview.exe??) and then click Properties? Can you tell us the actual
name of the executable file? How long is "a very long time": months?
years? decades? Did you use it in Windows before Vista? Have you tried
the Compatibility option to set the program compatible with Vista?

HOW have you tried to determine just WHICH Document Viewer you have? You've
got to give us SOMETHING to go on! :^{

For plain .txt files, Windows 7's Search command should be able to find any
text in them. Or the old faithful "find" DOS command in a Command Prompt
window: To find "Home on the Range" in any .txt file in the Songs folder on
Drive D:, use:
find "home on the range" d:\songs\*.txt

Or just find "home" might be enough if you are already in that folder.

For Windows 7 Search, click Start | Control Panel | Indexing Options. Then
click the Advanced button, then File Types. Find the .txt extension,
highlight it, be sure the "Index Properties and File Contents" button is
selected; the Filter Description should should then say "Plain Text Filter".
OK your way out of Indexing Options and then give Win7 enough "idle time" to
do the indexing in the background.

In short, Dave, there are a LOT of things you can try, but we have no clue
as to which ones you may have tried. Please help us help you.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3508.1109) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"Dragon" wrote in message news:XbGyp.44$2...

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"Dragon" <> wrote in message
news:ijYxp.549$2...
> Hi guys could someone help me please, when i was using Windows vista i had
> a document viwer program that could read all my text files so i could find
> particular songs for my karaoke discs, but with windows 7 that program
> will not work. I have searched everywhere with no sucess could some
> please help. All my files are in .txt format and have over 2000 files so
> manually it would take me forever, so i need soemthing that would search
> each one to find the song i am looking for like i did in vista.

If the name of the program wasn't such a closely guarded secret perhaps
someone may have already used in in Win7 and figured out the issue.


Its not a secret its called Document Viewer v4.0 but i dont know who made it
or from where i actually got it, had it a very long time and can not get it
to work in win 7

On 11 May 2011, "Dragon" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> In Vista and earlier version of windows I had a program called
> document viewer which i still have and what it done it allowed you
> to search for text within a text, doc or other file if you get
> what I mean. i dont know where i got the program from but had it
> a long time and it worked perfect upto when i changed to Windows
> 7. i am not actually looking for files but content of words
> inside files if you get what i mean, if i do that with the seacrh
> option from windows it only finds the files i have made not the
> text within that file.

As I mentioned before, Windows' built in search will do what you
describe, although I find that it's not very reliable. Many other
search programs will do it, too, including the one I mentioned, Agent
Ransack.