Friday the 13th Computer Question!

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-14 06:27:18 | Updated at 2024-12-14 09:09:15 2 hours ago

Friday the 13th Computer Question!
Me | 12/14/2024 | Paul R.

Posted on 12/13/2024 10:24:58 PM PST by Paul R.

Is there a good way in Windows 10 or 11 to search multiple files for specified text? For example, let's say I've saved multiple ODT or DOC files into a specific folder and then want to go back and find any instances of the text string "Tahoe SSV" residing within those files. Alternately, the string might be a part number such as "283-75589A".

Basically, this is similar to a standard Web search, but for offline content on one's own SSD or whatever drive. I CAN do a Windows file search, specifying "file contents" but while it works for pdf files, it doesn't seem to work for ODT or DOC files, even if the DOC files are saved from MS Word. It also only indicates what file contains the text string -- if said text string is buried in a long document, the location(s) in the document is not found.

TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: computer; search; text

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I also at first inexplicably could not find said text strings even in TXT files saved from Notepad, specifying "file contents" in my search. Then, inexplicably, when I hit "refresh" after a few tries, all the sudden it worked. The search was in a very small folder, so that was not a case of previously timing out... I think...

Thanks in advance!

1 posted on 12/13/2024 10:24:58 PM PST by Paul R.

To: Paul R.

Yes, I realize this is a sort of “weird” question. ;-)

2 posted on 12/13/2024 10:26:20 PM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)

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