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· asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 7 years ago

Is it possible to search in _all_ files within Windows XP?

For example, it won't search in exe files for a string which I entered as the string to search for.

Windows seaches only in files like .txt, .bat, .doc, .rtf and more. But most files it will skip when searching. Is there a option or tool which can search a string in _all_ files on the harddisk? (With Windows XP.)

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    7 years ago
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    try cmd. experiment on an exe

    find command

  • K-SiS
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Exe files are binary files & no string search will be done in a binary file. Binary files can be opened with HEX Editors and within the scope you can search the string.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    *. (star dot)

    Example: I want to find all the .mp3 files on my computer so I use *.mp3 to find all instances.

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