Make XP search results more accurate and faster

  
        More accurate: Windows XP does not search for files in certain directories by default, and its support for searching within files is not perfect. We can make the search results more comprehensive by running the "Regedit" command to open the registry editing. To locate "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer", change the values ​​of CaseSensitive, IncludeSubFolders, SearchHidden, SearchSlowFiles, SearchSystemDirs (if new, its type is REG_DWord) to 1 in the right window. This will maximize 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}".

Faster: The above describes how to make search results more useful, the price is slow search speed, if you want to make the search faster, you can delete the unwanted files under the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" branch. 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.

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