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Re: Searching for files

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Subject	Re: Searching for files
Message-Id	<20250120.131944.4ea6eaa0@mixmin.net>
Date	2025-01-20 13:19 +0000
From	D <noreply@mixmin.net>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10
Organization	dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider

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On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:32:39 +0200, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:47:28 +0000, D <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:
>>On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:06:00 +0200, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>>Is there a way to search for files in Win 10 without being taken on
>>>long detours by Bing or CoPilot?
>>>I collected a lot of text from the web intio a dile for research, and
>>>then saved it.
>>>When I wanted to copy it, it wasn't where I expected it to be.
>>>In Win XP or 7 I can just enter all or part of the file name into a
>>>search box, and it is found. But in Win 10, but comes Big with useless
>>>information. 
>>>It suggested CoPilot could help, and after a long question and answer
>>>session suggested I go to the folder where the file was and search for
>>>it there, which was exactly where I had started -- it wasn't there, it
>>>was somewhere else. 
>>>Eventually I called it up in the program I'd saved it from and saved
>>>it to a flash drive from there, but surely there must be a simpler way
>>>to find a file. 
>>
>>been using agent ransack since xp days . . .
>>
>>https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
>
>Yes, I might have to instal that. 
>
>But when the operating system disables basic operations that it used
>to include, and wastes one's time with stpid bells and whistles, one
>starts looking for pirate versions of the old ones that did work. 

fortunately for the little guy, there are many freeware programs
to choose from, some of which are very popular ... agent ransack
is one of them

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Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-18 20:06 +0200
  Re: Searching for files D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-01-18 18:47 +0000
    Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 08:32 +0200
      Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 04:45 -0500
      Re: Searching for files D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-01-20 13:19 +0000
      Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-20 08:45 -0500
        Re: Searching for files "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-01-20 09:29 -0600
          Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-20 13:33 -0500
            Re: Searching for files "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-01-20 14:01 -0600
          Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 15:45 -0500
  Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-18 13:56 -0500
  Re: Searching for files Michael Logies <logies@t-online.de> - 2025-01-18 19:58 +0100
  Re: Searching for files Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-01-18 14:01 -0500
    Re: Searching for files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-19 00:50 -0600
      Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 08:34 +0200
        Re: Searching for files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-20 06:16 -0600
        Re: Searching for files Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-01-22 19:57 -0500
          Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-22 23:49 -0500
          Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-21 03:18 +0200
            Re: Searching for files Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-02-24 13:50 -0500
              Re: Searching for files Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-24 22:01 +0000
                Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-24 18:34 -0500
                Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-25 05:39 +0200
                Re: Searching for files GlowingBlueMist <zapbot@truely.invalid> - 2025-02-25 17:16 -0600
                Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-26 10:30 +0200
                Re: Searching for files ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-25 11:49 -0700
                Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-25 22:39 -0500
                Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-26 06:02 +0200
                Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-26 00:32 -0500
  Re: Searching for files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-18 14:30 -0500
  Re: Searching for files Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-18 13:49 -0600
  Re: Searching for files "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-01-18 21:39 +0100
  Re: Searching for files Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-01-18 21:44 +0100
    Re: Searching for files Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-01-20 03:38 +0000
  Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-18 18:00 -0500
  Re: Searching for files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-01-19 02:10 +0300
  Re: Searching for files Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2025-01-18 18:17 -0600
  Off-topic: X-No-Archive header (was: Searching for files) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-19 01:00 -0600
    Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-01-20 03:22 +0000
      Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-01-20 09:13 +0000
    Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header (was: Searching for files) Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 09:00 +0200
      Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-20 06:31 -0600
  Re: Searching for files wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-01-19 09:36 +0000
    Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-19 08:29 -0500
    Re: Searching for files Michael Logies <logies@t-online.de> - 2025-01-19 17:48 +0100
  Re: Searching for files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-19 11:05 +0000
    Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-19 08:43 -0500
    Re: Searching for files Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2025-01-19 09:43 -0700
      Re: Searching for files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-19 14:06 -0500
        Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-19 15:12 -0500
        Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 08:57 +0200
          Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 05:37 -0500
            Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 17:50 +0200
              Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 14:09 -0500

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