Re: searching files without extensions

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

I don't know if it works in every case, but I have had
success with ending with a period. E.g., FILENAME. where this not a
sentence-ending period.
I have a huge backlog of XyWrite
files without extensions. And I foolishly go on creating new ones every
day. Worse, I invent extensions useful to me if not to operating systems,
such as ba0(-9), etc., for various backup drafts, etc. etc.

Is there a known, foolproof way to get Windows search to index files
without extensions? Or to get it to treat files with unknown extensions
as files that should be treated as text files and indexed accordingly? I
have tried, in the past, adding blank extensions and it doesn't seem to
work. Maybe there's something I'm doing wrong? Or maybe it just can't be
done?

Obviously, I don't have this problem with dtSearch, but I am not using it
on my main system at the moment, because I don't have the disk capacity
for its huge index, having recently 'gone over' to SSD storage, which I
find so much faster than a conventional hard drive, not to mention
quieter and cooler.

I'd like Windows search to be able to do a better job with my
XyWrite-created files. Is there anything I can do? Or should I just go
through and rename them all '.txt', which would solve the problem in a
trice?

Also, I have a new travelling system I am trying out, a Dell Alienware
m11x. This runs 64-bit Windows Home Premium. Apparently, I have to
upgrade to a higher level of Windows before I can run XP under Win7 ? - -
this in order to get XyWrite running on the system. I have a DVD with a
higher Windows 7 license, but . . . no DVD ! Do I figure out a way around
this (like an ISO file on a memory stick) or is there some other way to
get XyWrite running on Windows Home Premium 64?

Many thanks - - Bill

Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx