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First, what does work. When I right click the "Windows" directory in
Windows Explorer and select "search" and do a search for "Hosts", the
search finds the "Hosts" file in the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc"
directory. All well and good because that's what I want and expect.
However, when I right click on the C: drive itself in Windows Explorer
and select "search" and do a search for "Hosts", the search fails to
find the Hosts file in the "...\drivers\etc." directory. It does find
hosts files elsewhere. For example it finds "Hosts.txt" and "Hosts"
files that I placed on my desktop.
When I right click a drive in Windows Explorer and select "search", I
damn well want to search the entire drive. Unfortunately, Windows has
apparently defaulted to some kind of limited search. How do I force
Windows search the entire drive?
Thanks,
David
First, what does work. When I right click the "Windows" directory in
Windows Explorer and select "search" and do a search for "Hosts", the
search finds the "Hosts" file in the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc"
directory. All well and good because that's what I want and expect.
However, when I right click on the C: drive itself in Windows Explorer
and select "search" and do a search for "Hosts", the search fails to
find the Hosts file in the "...\drivers\etc." directory. It does find
hosts files elsewhere. For example it finds "Hosts.txt" and "Hosts"
files that I placed on my desktop.
When I right click a drive in Windows Explorer and select "search", I
damn well want to search the entire drive. Unfortunately, Windows has
apparently defaulted to some kind of limited search. How do I force
Windows search the entire drive?
Thanks,
David