Tuesday, August 5, 2008

PC Tips : Search Option - Windows XP

Normally, Search option in XP will not display hidden files / unknown extension files. But, the following steps will help to find all the files in your PC.

Goto Registry Editor using Regedit and find

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex

In right side Panel select FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions

Change the value from 0 to 1

Press F5 to refresh and close your Registry Editor.

Now search option will display all the files in your PC.

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