Guest Lostguy Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Hello. I have Windows XP SP2 on an Acer laptop. When I click on Start>Search>For Files or Folders, it comes up to the Windows Explorer window, but the left side vertical bar (the one that used to ask what type of file I wanted to search for) is blank. The right side window is also blank. So, it is just the top toolbars and 2 blank windows below that. This has been not working for months. I haven't installed anything new, but it could have been caused by my running a registry cleaner. Any ideas on how to restore Search? I appreciate your help! VR/ LostGuy
Guest Elmo Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Windows Search not working Lostguy wrote: > Hello. I have Windows XP SP2 on an Acer laptop. When I click on > Start>Search>For Files or Folders, it comes up to the Windows Explorer > window, but the left side vertical bar (the one that used to ask what > type of file I wanted to search for) is blank. The right side window > is also blank. So, it is just the top toolbars and 2 blank windows > below that. > > This has been not working for months. I haven't installed anything > new, but it could have been caused by my running a registry cleaner. > > Any ideas on how to restore Search? Windows XP Search Problems http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_search_probs.htm [Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox] -- Joe =o)
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Windows Search not working Login as Administrator (or equivalent). Click Start, Run and type: regsvr32 jscript.dll regsvr32 %Windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll If that does not help, try reinstalling Search: 1. Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%\inf, and then click OK. 2. Locate the Srchasst.inf file. 3. Right-click the Srchasst.inf file, and then click Install. This reinstalls the files that Search Companion uses. When you're prompted for the system files, insert your Windows XP CD, or point to Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder (if you've applied SP1 or SP2 separately) where the system files are located. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Lostguy" <cpocpo@mail.com> wrote in message news:1189982226.671896.141070@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... Hello. I have Windows XP SP2 on an Acer laptop. When I click on Start>Search>For Files or Folders, it comes up to the Windows Explorer window, but the left side vertical bar (the one that used to ask what type of file I wanted to search for) is blank. The right side window is also blank. So, it is just the top toolbars and 2 blank windows below that. This has been not working for months. I haven't installed anything new, but it could have been caused by my running a registry cleaner. Any ideas on how to restore Search? I appreciate your help! VR/ LostGuy
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Windows Search not working See: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Lostguy" <cpocpo@mail.com> wrote in message news:1189982226.671896.141070@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... Hello. I have Windows XP SP2 on an Acer laptop. When I click on Start>Search>For Files or Folders, it comes up to the Windows Explorer window, but the left side vertical bar (the one that used to ask what type of file I wanted to search for) is blank. The right side window is also blank. So, it is just the top toolbars and 2 blank windows below that. This has been not working for months. I haven't installed anything new, but it could have been caused by my running a registry cleaner. Any ideas on how to restore Search? I appreciate your help! VR/ LostGuy
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Windows Search not working Pls ignore the link. Meant to post it in another thread. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:Ox734DT%23HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... See: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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