June 22, 200818 yr I think it dissapeared around the time I installed service pack 3. Does anyone know the name/location of the exe that launches the search command? Thanks, Biggie.
June 22, 200818 yr What are you going to do, search for it? If you open up an explorer window, isn't there a search button on the toolbar? It should open up a search portion of the window on the left?
June 23, 200818 yr Author Yeah its super awesome. I click the search button in explorer and nothing happens. ^^ Gross I run a mac at work, but boot into windows. Biggie.
June 23, 200818 yr How about you press the "Windows" key and then the "F" key the same time. Does the search window come up?
June 23, 200818 yr I checked on my comp last night. There is no dedicated EXE that launches search. It's part of explorer.exe
June 23, 200818 yr Yeah its super awesome. I click the search button in explorer and nothing happens. ^^ Gross I run a mac at work, but boot into windows. Biggie. Why not try a restore? See if it comes back. USG
June 25, 200818 yr Author How about you press the "Windows" key and then the "F" key the same time. Does the search window come up? Thanks for the idea. I tried, but no dice. My system restore would be from over a month ago, so I'm not yet willing to go that route. Biggie.
June 25, 200818 yr Thanks for the idea. I tried, but no dice. My system restore would be from over a month ago, so I'm not yet willing to go that route. Biggie. Ah drat . I found this off a website as well. In only applies if it tells you a system file is missing. I've used this command to fix other system related issues as well. RE: When I try to use the Search function, Windows tells me that a file necessary to run the search function cannot be found and that I have to run setup to fix it. If Windows ever reports that a system file is missing, the solution is to execute "sfc /scannow" (no quotes) from the Run prompt [start -> Run] to fix this error message. The command "sfc /scannow" tells Windows to perform a complete Windows file check and replace any missing or corrupt OS files to original Microsoft specifications. Note that you'll need the Windows XP CD to complete this task. The other thing to do and it will fix it is to use the repair function on the Windows XP install CD. It doesn't overwrite anything, but puts back the necessary system files that may be missing. If you need more details let me know. Also, when doing anything I would create a restore point and backup the registry. Good to be safe than sorry. Best of luck.
June 30, 200817 yr i have a solution for you, biggy! fdisk format reinstall doo dah, doo dah deltree windows, fuck it all that's the windows way! I think Reks is on to something . I'm sure that will work for sure
July 3, 200817 yr Author Hmmm I tried the "sfc /scannow" to noavail. I will try the do dah doo dah method next. ^^ Biggie.
July 12, 200817 yr Author Woot I finally solved the problem. Kelly's Corner had some registry entries that put the search back in the start menu and context menus. ^^ Biggie.
July 12, 200817 yr Woot I finally solved the problem. Kelly's Corner had some registry entries that put the search back in the start menu and context menus. ^^ Biggie.
July 12, 200817 yr Woot I finally solved the problem. Kelly's Corner had some registry entries that put the search back in the start menu and context menus. ^^ Biggie. Great work Biggie
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