Re: file searching

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

> None of the file indexing solutions (Spotlight on Mac, Windows search,
> Google) seems to be able to deal with files with unknown or improper
> extensions.


Actually, they all (or mostly all) do. E.g., in the Windows search, if your
file is named MYFILE (with no extension) enter it as:


MYFILE*.*

Sometimes Windows will find it just searching for MYFILE. In other
situations, I've gotten the OS to recognize these files by putting in the
period but nothing following it:

MYFILE.

You can, BTW, make a file association in Windows for files without extensions.

> The other thing that worries me, now that I have this nice new and quite
> snappy machine, is installing a search/indexing system that won't slow the
> whole thing down.
>
>
> Any suggestions?


Yes, definitely get LOCATE32.EXE. It updates its index when you tell it to,
and that updating takes, on my system, less than a minute. Simple and
clean. Freeware, donations "welcome."


http://www.locate32.net



Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx