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I have Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003. Quite often lately, when I do a
search for a file, it can't find it. I have the search parameters set up to
search in the subfolder and for hidden files. The other day I was searching
for normal.dot (I wasn't sure where it would be under the system) and it
couldn't find it. It found the shortcut to it in the "recent" folder, but
not that actual file.
I use search more often than I used to, because I can never find the file
I'm after among all the "users" (I am the *only* user of this computer, but
seem to have a split personality, not to mention "administrator", "All
Users", "Default User","My Name", "Local Service" and "Network Service" -
don't have a network)
Just now, I saved a clipart through Word, under: MyName\My Documents\My
Pictures\Microsoft Clip Organizer. When I search for this file, it can't
find it. If I look in C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\My Documents\My
Pictures\Microsoft Clip Organizer it is not there. Where did it go?
BTW, sometimes this files re-appear. I tried again the next day to search
for normal.dot, not changing any of the parameters I used the day before and
it found it.
BTW, can I get rid of some of these "users"? Drives me nuts. There seems
to be a different version of Favorites in each of them!
I imported Favorites from Win98SE, apparently successfully - if I look at
them from IE, they are fine. However, if I try to open a favorite from the
start menu, half of them are missing!
--
Cheers,
Judy -- some quotes perceptive, some pedestrian, none mine
Confucius say nothing -- 'cause he's dead
I have Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003. Quite often lately, when I do a
search for a file, it can't find it. I have the search parameters set up to
search in the subfolder and for hidden files. The other day I was searching
for normal.dot (I wasn't sure where it would be under the system) and it
couldn't find it. It found the shortcut to it in the "recent" folder, but
not that actual file.
I use search more often than I used to, because I can never find the file
I'm after among all the "users" (I am the *only* user of this computer, but
seem to have a split personality, not to mention "administrator", "All
Users", "Default User","My Name", "Local Service" and "Network Service" -
don't have a network)
Just now, I saved a clipart through Word, under: MyName\My Documents\My
Pictures\Microsoft Clip Organizer. When I search for this file, it can't
find it. If I look in C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\My Documents\My
Pictures\Microsoft Clip Organizer it is not there. Where did it go?
BTW, sometimes this files re-appear. I tried again the next day to search
for normal.dot, not changing any of the parameters I used the day before and
it found it.
BTW, can I get rid of some of these "users"? Drives me nuts. There seems
to be a different version of Favorites in each of them!
I imported Favorites from Win98SE, apparently successfully - if I look at
them from IE, they are fine. However, if I try to open a favorite from the
start menu, half of them are missing!
--
Cheers,
Judy -- some quotes perceptive, some pedestrian, none mine
Confucius say nothing -- 'cause he's dead
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