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In Vista Explorer, how can I search the contents of all files in a directory for a word?

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Mar 15, 20265864 views
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I have a PHP website in a directory on Vista. Many files in that directory have the word "output" in them. In Windows Explorer, I type "output" into the search box. It finds two files but does not find the others. What do I have to do to make Vista's Explorer search accurate and reliable? Currently…

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I use Notepad++ for that kind of searching. It's lighter to open than Eclipse and you have a nice output and many other options. Of course there are many other tools, but I like this one.

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