Windows XP Search Tips 2

Press "Win+F" or "F3" in Windows XP to open the local file search window. Press "Win+Ctrl+F" to open the computer and user search. Although there are many third-party tools that provide powerful file search capabilities, the majority of friends who use the system's own search. The author summarizes some of the techniques related to it and the more common troubleshooting methods (assuming Windows is installed on the C drive, friends who install other drive letters, please adjust accordingly).
1. Make Windows XP more accurate search results

Windows XP default will not search for files in a certain directory, and it is not very perfect support in the search for files, we can make the following method is more search results Full: Run the "Regedit" command to open the Registry Editor, navigate to "HKEY_ CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer", and in the right window, CaseSensitive, IncludeSubFolders, SearchHidden, SearchSlowFiles, SearchSystemDirs (if not new) The value of type REG_DWord is changed to 1, which maximizes the search directory. Next, locate the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" branch. Here is the file type supported by the search within the control file. We can add several more common file types to create a new search support for the htm format file. : Create a new item named "HTM" in the branch, and create a new one named "PersistentHandler" in the HTM item and change its default value to "{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579- 08002b30bfeb}".

2. Let Windows XP search faster

The above describes how to make search results more skill, the price is slow search speed, if you want to make the search faster, then you can put "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" under the branch Unwanted files are similarly deleted. We open the search window, click "Change Preferences → Use Build Index Service" to turn it on, so when our system is idle, the system will automatically index and maintain the local file to improve the search speed.