Until now I have found it simple to search in WinXP. Click on a folder, enter a term to search for, click and voila, there are the results. Since some recent update I now have a dorky "Search Desktop" window on the desktop. And now I seem to be limited to search ONLY the desktop, as if THAT's where I'd save all my documents. What the ^#$% happened? Is there a way to get Search back?
WinKey+F Joe McGuire wrote: > Until now I have found it simple to search in WinXP. Click on a folder, > enter a term to search for, click and voila, there are the results. Since > some recent update I now have a dorky "Search Desktop" window on the > desktop. And now I seem to be limited to search ONLY the desktop, as if > THAT's where I'd save all my documents. What the ^#$% happened? Is there > a way to get Search back?
Thanks, but I get the same lame "Windows Search" instead of the usual that lets me search in a given folder. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message newsPi3dif1KHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > WinKey+F > > Joe McGuire wrote: >> Until now I have found it simple to search in WinXP. Click on a folder, >> enter a term to search for, click and voila, there are the results. Since >> some recent update I now have a dorky "Search Desktop" window on the >> desktop. And now I seem to be limited to search ONLY the desktop, as if >> THAT's where I'd save all my documents. What the ^#$% happened? Is >> there >> a way to get Search back? >
And at the bottom of the Windows Search window I see "Click here to use Search Companion" plus that idiotic dog. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message newsPi3dif1KHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > WinKey+F > > Joe McGuire wrote: >> Until now I have found it simple to search in WinXP. Click on a folder, >> enter a term to search for, click and voila, there are the results. Since >> some recent update I now have a dorky "Search Desktop" window on the >> desktop. And now I seem to be limited to search ONLY the desktop, as if >> THAT's where I'd save all my documents. What the ^#$% happened? Is >> there >> a way to get Search back? >
Uninstall the new search thingy in Add/Remove Software. Didn't leave it installed long enough to remember much about it. "Joe McGuire" <mcguirejw@comcast.net> wrote in message newszMCRdm1KHA.6104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Thanks, but I get the same lame "Windows Search" instead of the usual that > lets me search in a given folder. > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message > newsPi3dif1KHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> WinKey+F >> >> Joe McGuire wrote: >>> Until now I have found it simple to search in WinXP. Click on a folder, >>> enter a term to search for, click and voila, there are the results. >>> Since >>> some recent update I now have a dorky "Search Desktop" window on the >>> desktop. And now I seem to be limited to search ONLY the desktop, as if >>> THAT's where I'd save all my documents. What the ^#$% happened? Is >>> there >>> a way to get Search back? >> > >