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   Message 691 of 2,222   
   Sinner to Major Tom   
   Re: Windows Explorer Search in WinXP   
   03 Aug 06 13:09:34   
   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, microsoft.public.windo   
   sxp.configuration_manage, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   XPost: alt.os.windows-xp, alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize   
   From: sinner@gatesofhell.org   
      
   "Major Tom"  wrote in message   
   news:XaqdnS70o4dOik_ZRVnyrg@giganews.com...   
   > Viviana Vc wrote:   
   >> I tried also with indexing service on, but still didn't work. This is   
   >> pretty annoying as I can't trust anymore the Windows Explorer search.   
   >>   
   >   
   > You can get it to work with a one line registry hack.   
   > If you are not comfortable editing the registry do this:   
   > Create a blank text document, copy and paste this:   
   >   
   > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00   
   > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex]   
   > "FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000001   
   >   
   > Close the document, change extension from TXT to REG, right-click and   
   > select ' Merge '.   
      
      
   Excellent fix.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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