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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: neljan on March 29, 2008, 03:46:21 PM

Title: Search has disappeared
Post by: neljan on March 29, 2008, 03:46:21 PM

Hi

I opened search & was presented with this absolute beauty:

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/neljanization/Forum/Search.gif)

Anyone know of a fix?

Thanks

Title: Re: Search has err... dissapeared!?
Post by: neljan on March 31, 2008, 05:52:45 AM

*coughs*

 ;D

Title: Re: Search has disappeared
Post by: patio on March 31, 2008, 06:01:49 AM

Give This a Whirl... (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831430)

Title: Re: Search has disappeared
Post by: Broni on March 31, 2008, 08:26:32 PM

XP? Search from Start button?

Title: Re: Search has disappeared
Post by: ecorg on April 01, 2008, 06:38:18 AM

Ahhh, this has happned to me once...

Have you tried "uninstalling" internet explorer?

This is either down to a virus, or someone has been tampering ^_^

The windows local search requires IE to operate ;)

Title: Re: Search has disappeared
Post by: neljan on October 05, 2011, 10:53:17 PM

Hehe... can't believe it's been over 3 years and a. I never thanked you for your suggestions and b. I never got round to fixing it ::)

Quote from: patio on March 31, 2008, 06:01:49 AM

Give This a Whirl... (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831430)

Didn't work.

Quote from: Broni on March 31, 2008, 08:26:32 PM

XP? Search from Start button?

Yes.

Quote from: ecorg on April 01, 2008, 06:38:18 AM

Have you tried "uninstalling" internet explorer?

The windows local search requires IE to operate ;)

Not sure if this is still relevant since I think it was IE6 around at the time and I now have IE8 installed?

Title: Re: Search has disappeared
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on October 06, 2011, 09:10:12 AM

Bump of the century!

Bin Windows' awful search facility and use something like Locate32 (http://locate32.net/) instead.

Title: Re: Search has disappeared
Post by: neljan on October 06, 2011, 02:38:41 PM

Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on October 06, 2011, 09:10:12 AM

Bump of the century!

lmao, it's gotta be a contender at least right? ;D

Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on October 06, 2011, 09:10:12 AM

Bin Windows' awful search facility and use something like Locate32 (http://locate32.net/) instead.

Thanks I'll try that Rob.

Title: Re: Search has disappeared
Post by: BC_Programmer on October 07, 2011, 07:35:47 AM

Another alternative:

BCSearch (http://bc-programming.com/index.php?page=downloads&showid=1)

 :P

Note that it's "design goal" was quite the opposite of locate32. I was SICK and tired of all that indexing bullcrap that you have to go through just to search for files, and I found myself dropping to the prompt to do a dir /s to search for files in a specific directory. (note that windows 7 search has mitigated this somewhat). The idea of BCSearch (I believe I started a topic when I first set about writing it) was to be similar to the windows 98 "Find Files" dialog, but with more functionality.


hmm come to think of it it's about time I rewrote it in C#...