"" wrote:
> Give this a shot then.
>
> %windir% = C:WINDOWS if Windows is installed on the C: drive.
> I have no
> idea about your machine. Paste %windir% into Start | Run
> click OK and see
> what opens.
>
> Try this.
> 1. Go to C:Windowssrchasst or %windir%srchasst and
> delete everything
> that you can.
> 2. Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...
>
> regsvr32 /u %windir%srchasstsrchui.dll
>
> You will see a message like this if successful...
> ---------------------------
> RegSvr32
> ---------------------------
> DllUnregisterServer in C:WINDOWSsrchasstsrchui.dll
> succeeded.
> ---------------------------
> OK
> ---------------------------
>
> 3. Go to C:WindowsInf or %windir%Inf right click
> srchasst.inf and
> click install.
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:1129760712.041340.36360@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com,
> Craig <craig@greyfell.net> hunted and pecked:
> > Wesley Vogel wrote:
> >> Look here:
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
> >>
> >> Click on: [?] Why doesn't Search work?
> >>
> >> And/or here:
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
> >> Scroll down to:
> >> Search - Doesn't Work
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> >
> >> From the description it sounds like he is having the same
> problem that
> > I am, and if so this doesn't help. Mine has been broken
> since around
> > the time I loaded SP2 (about a year ago), but I can't say if
> that was
> > causal since I so rarely search for files. It may have been
> broken
> > before that and I simply didn't notice it.
> >
> > I've tried every tip, trick, and registry hack I could find
> and nothing
> > has worked. I get the search box and type in my criteria,
> but when I
> > click "Search Now" nothing happens at all. Even using * as
> the criteria
> > does nothing. It's as if that button is purely decorative
> with no
> > actual code behind it. I've pretty well given up, but if you
> have any
> > other suggestions (short of an OS rebuild), I'm certainly
> game.
> >
> > --
> > Craig

Wesley - tried your suggestion but when I rt click on srchasst I get a
msg that says I need a msgr3en.dll from the CD (my CD is SP2).

I too can not do a file & folders search via Start/Search - nothing
happens not even a error msg. I can go to say MY DOCUMENTS and click
on the magnifying glass and search my PC that way- so all not lost.

Odd, but I now can’t go to Start/Help & Support - I get a msg that
says sart the Help & support Service- but when I go to SERVICES.MSC -
I see no such Help & Support listed.

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