[Cooter]

I recently attempted to search for a file containing a particular word. I
knew for a fact the word was in one of a group of files. The Windows search
function came up empty. After looking through one of the files (MS Publisher
document) I saw that the text was stored as 16-bit (unicode?) characters.
QUESTION: Is there a way to get the Windows search function to search that
format?

Thanks,
Cooter

[Sharon F]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:07:19 GMT, Cooter wrote:

> I recently attempted to search for a file containing a particular word. I
> knew for a fact the word was in one of a group of files. The Windows search
> function came up empty. After looking through one of the files (MS Publisher
> document) I saw that the text was stored as 16-bit (unicode?) characters.
> QUESTION: Is there a way to get the Windows search function to search that
> format?
>
> Thanks,
> Cooter

XP only searches text in some file formats. MVP Doug Knox has a utility for
other file formats:
Enable Searching for Text in Files
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_filefilter.htm

Or you could use an alternative find tool such as Agent Ransack:
http://www.mythicsoft.com
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309173

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Cooter" <cooter@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I recently attempted to search for a file containing a particular word. I
> knew for a fact the word was in one of a group of files. The Windows
> search
> function came up empty. After looking through one of the files (MS
> Publisher
> document) I saw that the text was stored as 16-bit (unicode?) characters.
> QUESTION: Is there a way to get the Windows search function to search that
> format?
>
> Thanks,
> Cooter
>
>