Not all files are searched for text keywords, like in Windows 98/2000

[Sfor]

Well. I tried to find log files with a certain keyword in them, but the Windows XP just ignored the files with .B and .BLG extensions. When I did the same in Windows 2000 the files were located, correctly.

 

So, there is quite a difference between the Windows 2000 and XP Find Files function.

 

Is it possible to affect the way Windows XP searches the files? Or, should I rather use a different file search tool?

Edited April 2, 2015 by Sfor

[jaclaz]

It is a known issue:

http://www.petri.com/windows_xp_search_bug.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/309173

Depending on the actual specific search, it may be faster to use other tools, namely on NTFS a file searching tool making use of the $MFT then feeding results to a string find tool (such as gsar).

jaclaz

[Sfor]

Thank you, very much.

 

I was able to turn the "files with unknown extension" search option on. It was a bit difficult to find it, because the Microsoft article is in English, while my Windows is in Polish. After quite a while I was able to overcome the translation related difficulties. They hid this option well, indeed.