My documents showing diff. contents when searched and when opened

[Guest annonymous]

When I search MS word files, my documents show a lot more files (which I can

even open) but when I open it by double click, fewer files are seen. what is

the reason. thanks for help.

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: My documents showing diff. contents when searched and when opened

 

annonymous wrote:

> When I search MS word files, my documents show a lot more files

> (which I can even open) but when I open it by double click, fewer

> files are seen. what is the reason. thanks for help.

 

I do not understand your question.

Can you be more specific about what you are doing and what you see?

 

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[Guest annonymous]

Re: My documents showing diff. contents when searched and when ope

 

Re: My documents showing diff. contents when searched and when ope

 

Start--Search--for files and folders---all files and folder--more advanced

options---MS word documents---show many more files as compared to if I just

double click on my documents folder on my desktop.

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: My documents showing diff. contents when searched and when ope

 

Re: My documents showing diff. contents when searched and when ope

 

annonymous wrote:

> When I search MS word files, my documents show a lot more files

> (which I can even open) but when I open it by double click, fewer

> files are seen. what is the reason. thanks for help.

 

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> I do not understand your question.

> Can you be more specific about what you are doing and what you see?

 

annonymous wrote:

> Start--Search--for files and folders---all files and folder--more

> advanced options---MS word documents---show many more files as

> compared to if I just double click on my documents folder on my

> desktop.

 

So - in your SEARCH, are you specifying it look ONLY in the single folder

(and perhaps sub-folders) that you are looking in when you open "My

Documents"?

 

%userprofile%\my documents\

(Which is normally C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\my documents\

on a Windows XP Computer..)

 

Normally a search will go through whatever you tell it to. If you tell it

to look in subfolders or you specify the entire C drive - that is not the

same as just specifying the root of the C:\Documents and Settings\<your

username>\my documents\ directory only...

 

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