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Re: Searching for files in WinXP; a way to skip ZIP files?

On 6/19/06, Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Try googling for:

        winxp search ignore zip files

And click the first link.



<tail between legs>  Should'a known to google it!  Sheesh.  Thanks Walden!

Unfortunately, these are manual registry tweaks that require a reboot!
Bleahh.  One would have thought, given the innovative genius that is
Microsoft, that this would have been a selectable option in Search.

- Dan

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