Windows Explorer Search

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit.
I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser.

When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find
it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do
I get Windows 7 to index _all_ the files?

PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
drive) and the file name are correct!

Thanks.
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tb

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:13:33 +0000 (UTC), tb wrote:

> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit.
> I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser.
>
> When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find
> it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do
> I get Windows 7 to index _all_ the files?
>
> PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
> drive) and the file name are correct!
>
> Thanks.

Odd. I had no problems finding a hundreds of .css files.
did you have the location on the address bar set to the c: drive?
click the c: drive in the left pane to be sure it is.

On 1/20/2012, tb posted:
> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit.
> I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser.

> When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find
> it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do
> I get Windows 7 to index _all_ the files?

> PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
> drive) and the file name are correct!

> Thanks.

All I can guess is that you may not be showing Hidden Files or System
Files.

In Windows Explorer, click Organize, then Folder and Search options,
then View.

Select Show hidden files and folders.
Unslect Hide protected operating system files.
For good measure, unselect Hide extensions for known file types.

Yeah, you knew that, but what the heck...

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

tb wrote:
> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit.
> I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser.
>
> When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find
> it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do
> I get Windows 7 to index _all_ the files?
>
> PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
> drive) and the file name are correct!
>
> Thanks.

A few days ago, due to a reply by Nil, I installed
Everything Search on the 7 pro machine. It finds everything.
Its very fast, has a small footprint, but somewhat limited
in what it can do. I disabled Windows search long ago.

tb wrote:
> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit.
> I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser.
>
> When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find
> it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do
> I get Windows 7 to index _all_ the files?
>
> PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
> drive) and the file name are correct!
>
> Thanks.

You could try the page here, and see if the file type is included.
The "Index Properties Only" thing doesn't seem to work, because
both the humongous database it keeps, and the 2+ hour indexing run time,
suggest it always looks at content no matter what you do. All I want
is for the stupid thing to index file names, which should be a 30 second
job, not two hours or more.

http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/wi...exing-options/

Paul

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:08:57 -0500, Paul <> wrote:

>tb wrote:
>> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit.
>> I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser.
>>
>> When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find
>> it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do
>> I get Windows 7 to index _all_ the files?
>>
>> PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
>> drive) and the file name are correct!
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>You could try the page here, and see if the file type is included.
>The "Index Properties Only" thing doesn't seem to work, because
>both the humongous database it keeps, and the 2+ hour indexing run time,
>suggest it always looks at content no matter what you do. All I want
>is for the stupid thing to index file names, which should be a 30 second
>job, not two hours or more.

If you're interested in file name indexing and fast search results,
and by fast I mean instant, then you can't do any better than
Everything. Very highly recommended. I use it multiple times a day and
love it. Probably the best little free utility out there.

<www.voidtools.com>

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Char Jackson

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:37:30 -0500, richard <>
wrote:

>Odd. I had no problems finding a hundreds of .css files.

What does that have to do with the OP trying to find a specific CSS
file?

>did you have the location on the address bar set to the c: drive?
>click the c: drive in the left pane to be sure it is.

"PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
drive) and the file name are correct!"

Bullis, please stick to asking questions, not trying to answer them.
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On 21/01/2012 03:00, Paul in Houston TX wrote:

>
> A few days ago, due to a reply by Nil, I installed
> Everything Search on the 7 pro machine. It finds everything.
> Its very fast, has a small footprint, but somewhat limited
> in what it can do. I disabled Windows search long ago.

Amen to that. +1

get it here:
http://www.voidtools.com/

On 1/21/2012 6:39 AM, occam wrote:
> On 21/01/2012 03:00, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
>
>>
>> A few days ago, due to a reply by Nil, I installed
>> Everything Search on the 7 pro machine. It finds everything.
>> Its very fast, has a small footprint, but somewhat limited
>> in what it can do. I disabled Windows search long ago.
>
> Amen to that. +1
>
> get it here:
> http://www.voidtools.com/

When one has to start searching for stuff on his or her machine there is
something wrong. I think in all the times I have used Windows over the
past 18 years or more in using Windows, I have done a search may be 10
times if that at work or at home. What the heck are you people searching
for?

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:13:33 +0000 (UTC), tb wrote:
>
> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit.
> I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser.
>
> When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find
> it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do
> I get Windows 7 to index _all_ the files?
>
> PS: Yes I am absolutely sure that the search path (the whole c:\
> drive) and the file name are correct!

I don't do a lot of searches, because I know where most things are.
But on the rare occasions when I do, I have sometimes come up empty
when searching for something that I know exists.

In that case, the command prompt is my friend. I use a command like

dir /s /b /a \abc*css

The /s says to search subfolders; the /b says to return results in a
one-line format with path and filename; the /a says to search all
files irrespective of attributes; the leading backslash on the file
name says to start at the root folder.

(Well, actually I have an alias defined so that I don't have to type
"/s /b /a \".)


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