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windows search function won't work
Hello, I have a problem that I can't find a solution to. My search function off of the start menu does not work. I type in what I want to find. Tell it to look in my c drive, click search now, but it does nothing. Has anybody got a solution? desperate for help, Steve |
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Steve,
Have you perhaps used TweakUI and unchecked the Search Results box on the Desktop tab? If so that could well be your problem. Using TweakUI make certain that "Search Results" is checked on the Desktop tab. If you haven't got TweakUI the latest version (1.33) can be downloaded from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati.../nttweakui.asp) and installed as follows: Download to a folder with a short name (e.g. C:\Tweak), run to extract components, right click on tweakui.inf and then install, close the help window that comes up to allow install to finish. C:\Tweak can now be deleted and TweakUI accessed via the Control Panel. Just a few words of caution if you are new to using TweakUI on Win Me. a) Do not change the first icon (My Documents) on the Desktop tab. Doing this causes a number of script errors in Special Folders when using either WebView or Active desktop. b) Do not uncheck "Search Results" on the Desktop tab. Doing this disables the Search in Explorer. c) Do not hide the TweakUI icon on the Control Panel tab. d) Do not uncheck "Show Control Panel on Start Menu" on the IE tab. Doing this will prevent you from accessing the Control Panel including TweakUI. e) Do not uncheck "Shell Enhancements" on the IE tab. This causes quite a few unexpected "problems". See MS KB 274847 "No Search Results Are Returned After You Disable Search Results" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274847). -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Steve wrote: Hello, I have a problem that I can't find a solution to. My search function off of the start menu does not work. I type in what I want to find. Tell it to look in my c drive, click search now, but it does nothing. Has anybody got a solution? desperate for help, |
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