In start: Windows 8 Enterprise US on one PC, Windows 7 Prof Russian localized on another PC, bunch of ANSI-format TXT files with non-US language content (Cyrillic 1251) in folder on USB-flash.
On Windows 7 PC Windows Explorer search field find russian words inside ANSI .txt files and showed (with citation) in results.
On Windows 8 PC Windows Explorer find nothing when enter russian words in search field, on same files.
When enter a numeral or latin string - on both machines search field work well.
That was tested&checked:
Install language pack and select Russian as locale for non-Unicode programs in language preferences - nothing.
FINDSTR from command-line - nothing (same as in Windows 7 though)
Select-String PS command - nothing (again same as in Windows 7)
Enable 'Always use automatic language detection when indexing' in Group Policy - nothing
Is there a way to teach Windows Search for non-system embedded language searches? Or we still need to wait Windows localization teams 'hacks' for such trick in language-targeted Windows releases?
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On Windows 7 PC Windows Explorer search field find russian words inside ANSI .txt files and showed (with citation) in results.
On Windows 8 PC Windows Explorer find nothing when enter russian words in search field, on same files.
When enter a numeral or latin string - on both machines search field work well.
That was tested&checked:
Install language pack and select Russian as locale for non-Unicode programs in language preferences - nothing.
FINDSTR from command-line - nothing (same as in Windows 7 though)
Select-String PS command - nothing (again same as in Windows 7)
Enable 'Always use automatic language detection when indexing' in Group Policy - nothing
Is there a way to teach Windows Search for non-system embedded language searches? Or we still need to wait Windows localization teams 'hacks' for such trick in language-targeted Windows releases?
View the full article