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Rob

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Since: Oct 01, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:07 pm
Post subject: Searching for Files in Windows XP Professional
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>basics, others (more info?)

Whose brilliant idea was it to remove
from the Search (files) option the
"date saved" option? Now you can only
search for files by when they were modified.
Or is there some option buried somewhere
that lets you search for newest files? I
wanted to search for a bunch of pdf files
that I downloaded to my usb drive last week,
and I can do that on my old win98 system
but not on a library computer with windows
xp professional.
Rob
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Kadaitcha Man

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Since: Oct 02, 2009
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:20 pm
Post subject: Re: Searching for Files in Windows XP Professional [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:07:53 -0700, Rob wrote:

> Whose brilliant idea was it to remove from the Search (files) option the
> "date saved" option?

Dunno.

HTH

> Now you can only search for files by when they were
> modified. Or is there some option buried somewhere that lets you search
> for newest files?

Use Agent Ransack.

> I wanted to search for a bunch of pdf files that I
> downloaded to my usb drive last week, and I can do that on my old win98
> system but not on a library computer with windows xp professional.
> Rob

Thanks for sharing.

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I'm one of those linuxfux. So sue me.
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John John - MVP

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Since: Apr 22, 2009
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:20 am
Post subject: Re: Searching for Files in Windows XP Professional [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>basics, others (more info?)

In the "When was it modified?" option click on the "Specifiy dates" and
then look in the "Modified Date" box, you will see options to search by
Modified, Created or Accessed dates.

John

Rob wrote:
> Whose brilliant idea was it to remove
> from the Search (files) option the
> "date saved" option? Now you can only
> search for files by when they were modified.
> Or is there some option buried somewhere
> that lets you search for newest files? I
> wanted to search for a bunch of pdf files
> that I downloaded to my usb drive last week,
> and I can do that on my old win98 system
> but not on a library computer with windows
> xp professional.
> Rob
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