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Old 01-05-2006, 02:38 AM
Aashlee
 
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Default Re: Search Companion - how to do a Nested Search

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
It works beautifully. And so fast!
--
Aashlee


"Galen" wrote:

> In news:A98C72C6-B337-40E6-843E-979588510187@microsoft.com,
> Aashlee <Aashlee@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > How do I do a nested search using the Search Companion
> >
> > For example, I want to find all files containing 2 separate words
> > But they are not a phrase.
> >
> > So I want to first search MyDocs on the first word
> > and then search the Search Results for the 2nd word
> >
> > Does anyone know how to do this?
> >
> > Or achieve the same results another way that is efficient?
> >
> > Right now i do a search on the first word
> > and then manually enter each file in the search results
> > and do a FIND on the 2nd word.
> >
> > There just has to be a better way!
> >
> > thanks in advance,

>
> Have you considered something like this:
>
> MSN Search Toolbar:
> http://toolbar.msn.com/
>
> Now that *should* do what you're looking for??? It's a bit bulky and the
> initial indexing is NOT instant even on speedy PCs if you have a lot of
> content to index. Other than that it's fairly stable and fairly light on
> resources. I've not found a decent GUI GREP for Windows. In fact I've long
> since given up hope for such a utility.
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
> existence." - Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

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Old 01-05-2006, 02:38 AM
Galen
 
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Default Re: Search Companion - how to do a Nested Search

In news:5D2A02A5-76F9-4561-9ECA-BB504DFF3FB9@microsoft.com,
Aashlee <Aashlee@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
> It works beautifully. And so fast!


*chuckles* It's not too bad other than the indexing... Anyhow, there you go
and glad it worked for you.

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes


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