Re: st: Windows (& Vista) will not search within do files.

[Tim <lists@timbp.com>]

I thought it was just a configurable list of file types to index (and I 
thought that accounted for the difference in search speeds I mentioned 
earlier: Google indexes everything and all searches are instant, vista 
indexes the files you expect it to search, but takes much longer if you 
want to search other files). And if the search fails, Vista allows you 
to search nonindexed files (and in this case it still fails).

Looking at Google Desktop prefernces, I cannot see any facility to 
choose file types.

In the Vista Index options, under Advanced Options, I found a list of 
file types. .do is set as "Index Properties Only", whereas the next 
entry ".doc" is "Index Properties and File Contents".

So the answer to the original query is, in Vista:

Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Indexing Options > Advanced > 
(UAC) > File Types: [select .do]: [select Index Properties and File 
Contents]

(While you're there, you might as well check all the other extensions 
and add any you think you might want to search within.)

Tim

Michael Blasnik wrote:

> ...
> I'm pretty sure that the built-in file search engine in Vista has a 
> configurable list of file types to index and search.  I think you need 
> to add .do files to that list.  The same is probably true for Google 
> Desktop.
>
> Michael Blasnik
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