[OT] XP BLOWS!
by Ron Yacketta · in Torque Game Engine · 03/25/2002 (5:19 pm) · 10 replies
Why is it that everytime I search for a file cotnaining a word under XP is never finds it? Yet, I know that numerous files exist with the "word" in it under a sub folder.
IE:
I search the example directory of torque for the word "this" and it finds NOTHING! WTF gives, is XP that much of a pile of sh!t or what?
I do the same seach from within VS6 and find every stinking .cs file that has "this" in it.
gawd, MS realy f*c3d the donky on this one!
IE:
I search the example directory of torque for the word "this" and it finds NOTHING! WTF gives, is XP that much of a pile of sh!t or what?
I do the same seach from within VS6 and find every stinking .cs file that has "this" in it.
gawd, MS realy f*c3d the donky on this one!
#2
03/25/2002 (6:18 pm)
like I said MS f*c|<3d the donky on this one ;)
#3
All or part of the file name:
A word or phrase in the file: this
Look in: i:\torque\
Made sure the other options were set intelligently (search in subfolders is enabled, etc.)
..and it found the instances just fine. I rarely use Windows' search though, when I have an IDE open almost permanently.
03/26/2002 (8:32 am)
Are you sure? It works fine for me:All or part of the file name:
A word or phrase in the file: this
Look in: i:\torque\
Made sure the other options were set intelligently (search in subfolders is enabled, etc.)
..and it found the instances just fine. I rarely use Windows' search though, when I have an IDE open almost permanently.
#4
I have been up and down the options list several times.
No matter what I search for or the directory I search it it never finds files containing a given search word. I can find file names etc..
-Ron
03/26/2002 (8:58 am)
Yup,I have been up and down the options list several times.
No matter what I search for or the directory I search it it never finds files containing a given search word. I can find file names etc..
-Ron
#5
03/26/2002 (3:45 pm)
Though I haven't used it before (I do most of my editing either in visual studio or ultraedit), XP's search features seem to work fine on my computer. Which version of XP are you running and have you downloaded all the latest patches/ critical updates/ Microsoft propaganda?
#6
03/26/2002 (4:59 pm)
XP Pro, I will dbl check the updates I am almost 100% sure I have hit them all.
#7
Yeah I'd say use either VC++ 6 for the source code and Tribal IDE to search the scripts.
Schnapple
03/26/2002 (5:38 pm)
On my XP Pro, it finds it in text files at the very least. For example, the word "return" is in main.cs and a number of other script files. However, it doesn't find it on my system. However, a copy of main.cs I named main.txt does work (it does find "return").Yeah I'd say use either VC++ 6 for the source code and Tribal IDE to search the scripts.
Schnapple
#8
03/26/2002 (5:42 pm)
Another question would be what format is your HD in? FAT32? NTFS? Compressed NTFS? Zip Folder?
#9
www.cs.ucsb.edu/~colin/XP/powertoysetup.exe
In TweakUI there's an option for "classic explorer search" (classic = Win2K). It still doesn't search .cs files (it found "return" in main.txt, a copy, and in main.doc, a Word document) but it's better that XP's built in functions.
Schnapple
03/30/2002 (7:30 am)
A slight improvement is by using PowerToys for XP:www.cs.ucsb.edu/~colin/XP/powertoysetup.exe
In TweakUI there's an option for "classic explorer search" (classic = Win2K). It still doesn't search .cs files (it found "return" in main.txt, a copy, and in main.doc, a Word document) but it's better that XP's built in functions.
Schnapple
#10
-Tim aka Spock
03/30/2002 (1:48 pm)
So really they should rename it "Search window's files and folders" or "search Microsoft supported files and folders"-Tim aka Spock
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-Tim aka Spock