Monday, September 22, 2014

Windows 7 Search - like old XP Search Compansion

A lot of people would like the old XP search abilities, since Windows 7 can fail to provide accurate information, and different (some say worse) interface an abilities.  And problems do come up if the fodler is not indexed.


One thread mentioned this product to try
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

mentioned here:
MS Answers

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A registry hack for WS
http://www.ehow.com/how_7257084_make-companion-instead-windows-search.html

  • "HKEY_CURRENT_USER"
    Software, Microsfot, "Windows Desktop Search" and then DS"

  • Double-click "ShowStartSearchBand," and change the value from "1" to "0."

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  • Also, consider Ultra Search
    http://www.jam-software.com/ultrasearch/
  • also
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    Windows 7, searching for content
    use content:
    http://superuser.com/questions/676431/how-do-you-search-for-files-containing-a-word-or-phrase-xps-dog-search-compa

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