All done now thanks to Smirnoff: I must have got carried away ticking the
optional updates at some point and had not noticed the effect. I think when
one only wants to search through one drive or file set (in this case an
iPod) the Windows Search looks rather less intuitive than the old search,
and I presume, if it's intended to compete with Google DS it probably has a
big index file I don't need.
Incidentally you might save me a further question. Being new to iPod I've
only just discovered their weird file renaming habit, such that Windows
can't see the mp3 file names once you've put them on the pod.
There seems to be quite a lot of freeware out there claiming to simplify the
copying back to Windows of stuff from one's iPod. You, don't happen to know
which is favourite by any chance do you?
Cheers,
S
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Have you considered uninstalling Windows Search 4.0...?
>
> Spamlet wrote:
>> XPHome SP3 all up to date.
>>
>> Just found that the find files etc function has been replaced by Windows
>> Search.
>> I don't need to search very often, and I do not want another big index
>> file
>> on my laptop, so is there a way to get the old search function back?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> S
>