Search inside .BAS and .FRM files

[Guest Nick]

Search inside .BAS and .FRM files

 

We are trying to search network shared directories and NEED to look inside

..BAS and .FRM file formats for specific word or characters strings. These

files can be opened with a basic text editor but the built-in Microsoft

Search engine will not look into these files. I was told by a Microsoft

Senior Product Manager that certain file extensions have been removed from

the searching engine in order to speed up searches. I don't know if this is

true but I do know that I cannot currently search inside these files now.

Is there a registry hack or other means that would let us search inside

these files? We have

 

File server is Windows 2003 SP1

Client is Windows XP SP2 (with all the latest updates and patches from MS)

 

Thanks!

[Guest Nick]

Re: Search inside .BAS and .FRM files

 

Solution found!

 

Method 2

To configure Windows XP to search all files no matter what the file type,

obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP and then turn on the Index

file types with unknown extensions option.

 

If you use this method, Windows XP searches all file types for the text that

you specify. This can affect the performance of the search functionality. To

do this: 1. Click Start, and then click Search (or point to Search, and then

click For Files or Folders).

2. Click Change preferences, and then click With Indexing Service (for

faster local searches).

3. Click Change Indexing Service Settings (Advanced). Note that you do not

have to turn on the Index service.

4. On the toolbar, click Show/Hide Console Tree.

5. In the left pane, right-click Indexing Service on Local Machine, and then

click Properties.

6. On the Generation tab, click to select the Index files with unknown

extensions check box, and then click OK.

7. Close the Indexing Service console.

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly

by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might

require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee

that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

Network administrators can configure this setting by modifying the registry.

To do this, set the FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions DWORD value to 1 in the

following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex

 

 

"Nick" <DY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Search inside .BAS and .FRM files

>

> We are trying to search network shared directories and NEED to look inside

> .BAS and .FRM file formats for specific word or characters strings. These

> files can be opened with a basic text editor but the built-in Microsoft

> Search engine will not look into these files. I was told by a Microsoft

> Senior Product Manager that certain file extensions have been removed from

> the searching engine in order to speed up searches. I don't know if this

> is true but I do know that I cannot currently search inside these files

> now. Is there a registry hack or other means that would let us search

> inside these files? We have

>

> File server is Windows 2003 SP1

> Client is Windows XP SP2 (with all the latest updates and patches from MS)

>

> Thanks!

>

>

>

>

[Guest mayayana]

Re: Search inside .BAS and .FRM files

 

You could also try the free version of

Agent Ransack. Search has been broken

in Windows since XP. Having to index all of

your files before it can work is ludicrous,

resulting in unnecessary disk wear. I can

search inside all files on a drive quickly

in Win98 and there's no indexing. It's a

mystery to me how Microsoft could have

screwed up such a basic thing, especially

since search is such a hot topic for them.