Can't create .fnd files that remember directories

[Guest Greg Boettcher]

Under Windows XP, I can't create .fnd "saved search" files that

remember which directory is to be searched.

 

Here's what I'm doing:

1. Start -> Search -> Files or Folders.

2. Get rid of the stupid animated puppy.

3. Where it says "Look in", choose "Browse" and navigate to the

desired directory.

4. I type nothing in the "file name" or "word or phase" fields, as my

purpose is to search everything in the desired directory.

5. Click Search.

6. A search of all files in my chosen directory didn't take long. But

if it had, I could have clicked "Stop" during the search.

7. Select File -> Save Search and choose and appropriate filename/

location for a new .fnd "saved search" file.

8. Close the search window and double-click the new .fnd file to test

it out.

 

Under XP, I have never gotten the above process to work. When I open

the .fnd file I created, it never remembers the right directory to

search in, and wants to search the root directory (C:\) of my hard

drive instead.

 

This is especially frustrating because the above process (minus Step 2

to get rid of the puppy!) worked perfectly on Windows 2000. In fact,

my XP machine can easily open .fnd files *created with Windows 2000*

in exactly the right way, remembering the right directory and

everything. The process only fails when *saving .fnd files with

Windows XP*.

 

So what gives? Is there a way to fix this? I know I could just

download Agent Ransack, but I'd rather stick with the software I'm

familiar with, as long as that software isn't entirely broken.

 

Greg