How to set Search for all files in Windows XP? [100% working]

[simply_mark]

How to set Search for all files in Windows XP? [100% working]

When you perform a search for a file in Windows XP, the default setting is for XP to only return files in the "Search Results" pane - when they are registered file types to a program on your PC.

In other words if you are looking for a file that is not registered with an application on your PC, it will not be found using the default search settings.

However, you can turn off the default by a quick Tweak of the registry!


Open the Registry editor (type regedit from the Run command) and navigate to:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\
ContentIndex

. Double-Click the value named:

FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions

..and change the value from 0 to 1. Exit the registry editor and reboot!



Thanks for reading... Please hit thanks if it works for you....

 

[thoiz21]

How to set Search for all files in Windows XP? [100% working]

When you perform a search for a file in Windows XP, the default setting is for XP to only return files in the "Search Results" pane - when they are registered file types to a program on your PC.

In other words if you are looking for a file that is not registered with an application on your PC, it will not be found using the default search settings.

However, you can turn off the default by a quick Tweak of the registry!


Open the Registry editor (type regedit from the Run command) and navigate to:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\
ContentIndex

. Double-Click the value named:

FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions

..and change the value from 0 to 1. Exit the registry editor and reboot!



Thanks for reading... Please hit thanks if it works for you....

hope this works.. thanks