Hi all,
Not often I ask a question, but when I do, I try to make it a good 'un

At work, I've got a problem with Windows XP find when searching files/folders for a text string.

The situation is this: On my old (Windows NT) box, I sometimes carry out a 'find' on a given network directory for files of type *.prp and containing the text 'angus'. This presents a short list of objects I have checked out in PowerBuilder, one of the development tools we use.

However, if I carry out exactly the same search on my new Windows XP box, I get nothing. Zilch. Zip. Nada. Changing the search to just *.prp gives all prp files (as expected) and changing the search to just find the text 'angus' in all files in that directory again produces nothing (even if I take out the filename restriction).

Any ideas as to why the two searches should behave differently? I've checked / unchecked all the usual options of searching hidden files and folders, etc. but just cannot get it to work. Wondering if there is an ubergeeky setting somewhere I should set / unset?

Edit: I wonder if this is because PRP files are not natively known to Windows, and as such it doesn't know how to search them. Maybe there is an option somewhere to say "Handle unknown file types as text files" or "Ignore them and let them work it out for themselves (heh heh)" ?!?!

Yeah, I assume this is the issue.
it's a shame that xp continues to have a PersistentHandler issue with finding files......... anyhow!!
MS: Using the "A Word or Phrase in the File" Search Criterion May Not Work ...........

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;Q309173

Thanks Moon,

I did the quick and simple Registry hack of adding the Registry key for PersistentHandler for the .prp file type, and searches on that file type for text work OK now.