Guest Bob Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Let me Google that for you. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+How+%20Search+File+Contents+Windows+7 "Sarah" wrote in message news:74E4E883-CB05-4D24-8B5C-28A70B2AFE87@microsoft.com... > Hi hope someone can help me with a search problem. I have just started > using > Windows 7 with Windows Live Mail. > As a training establishment I often have emails and documents with a > course > date listed in the content of the mail or doc. not necessarily in the > subject > or title. > > Previously when searching for a document or emails I could just type in > word in the search box at start area on my desktop page and I would get > all > emails and docs pop up with that word or date in it. I have done an > exercise > knowing there is a particular document in My Documents relating the a > course > on the 26th May however just typing that into the search area i.e. 26th > May > it does not come up Can anyone help make my searches easier..please. > > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote: > >> >> "BRowley7" wrote in message >> news:C5CC7A36-3FD9-49AB-ABA3-3338CFA50637@microsoft.com... >> > Hi Robert, >> > I just did a test search for something I only anticipated to be in >> > WLMail. I >> > entered the keyword in the Start > Start search box. I found that you >> > are >> > right. There were about a dozen entries for WM but neither of the 2 >> > that are >> > in WLiveM. Now I know those a re useless searches that way. :-) >> > As for which version of Windows Search, I have no idea how to find that >> > out. >> > Thanks for your response. >> >> > As an update, today searches seemed to be more productive. They seem to >> > be >> > finding often all the relevant emails in WLiveM. >> >> >> So, to be clear, that's the Ctrl-e filter in WLMail which is now >> working better >> and now finding messages based on content as well as header information? >> Then that would probably just mean that the index wasn't up-to-date when >> you first noticed your problem symptom. >> >> >> > Thanks, again. >> >> >> You're welcome. Happy to help. >> >> >> Robert >> --- >> >> >> > >> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote: >> > >> >> (cross-post added to Vista General) >> >> "BRowley7" wrote in message >> >> news:875A5F4D-B657-4083-9E19-D7752474161F@microsoft.com... >> >> > Hi, >> >> >> >> > IF I enter the search keywords in the space provided @ Start > Start >> >> > search, >> >> > then all the email I am looking for will show up. >> >> >> >> >> >> Since your OS is Vista, is that finding messages which were stored by >> >> WinMail, >> >> your OS native mail and news reader? >> >> >> >> >> >> > But if I enter the same >> >> > keywords in the Search space provided in Windows Live Mail, only a >> >> > portion of >> >> > the true results appear. That is only the ones with the keywords in >> >> > the >> >> > subject line. >> >> >> >> >> >> Perhaps you need to modify Windows Search to index the WLMail message >> >> store? >> >> >> >> >> >> > Windows Mail pulled up all the list & not just a partial list. >> >> > IF I enter an email address in the search field in Windows Live >> >> > Mail, why >> >> > doesn't it pull up the emails that are From that address & the ones >> >> > that >> >> > also have that address in the body of the message & not just the >> >> > ones that >> >> > have the keyword in the subject line? Is it possible to work around >> >> > this >> >> > issue to find all the results & not a partial list? >> >> >> >> >> >> Use the Windows Search to check if the search results you are getting >> >> are for the WLMail message store. If not, that would explain your >> >> symptom. >> >> >> >> >> >> > I am running Vista & Windows Live Mail. WLM was just downloaded & >> >> > installed >> >> > less than 24 hours ago on this Dell laptop after having problems >> >> > with Windows >> >> > Mail after upgrading to IE8) >> >> >> >> >> >> FWIW I'm not on my Vista partition right now and I don't have >> >> WLMail installed on it any way, so if you need help customizing >> >> the Windows Search index for WLMail use you're more likely to find >> >> it in a Vista newsgroup. Cross-posting to one for convenience. >> >> >> >> Also, I think it may be relevant to know if you have WS 4.0 >> >> but I'm not sure how we check for that other than by looking >> >> at the versions of the search*.exe programs and knowing >> >> what other Vista users have too. >> >> >> >> E.g. here is what I see on XP for its WS 4.0 versions: >> >> >> >> >> >> F:\WINDOWS\system32>filever search* >> >> f:\windows\system32\searchfilterhost.exe >> >> ----- W32i APP ENU 7.0.6001.16503 shp 87,552 05-26-2008 >> >> searchfilterhost.exe >> >> f:\windows\system32\searchindexer.exe >> >> ----- W32i APP ENU 7.0.6001.16503 shp 439,808 05-26-2008 >> >> searchindexer.exe >> >> f:\windows\system32\searchindexer.exe.mui >> >> ----- W32i APP ENU 7.0.6001.16503 shp 8,192 05-26-2008 >> >> searchindexer.exe.mui >> >> f:\windows\system32\searchprotocolhost.exe >> >> ----- W32i APP ENU 7.0.6001.16503 shp 184,832 05-26-2008 >> >> searchprotocolhost.exe >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> HTH >> >> >> >> Robert Aldwinckle >> >> --- >> >> >> >> >> Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.