Windows Search Companion

[InvisibleDuncan]

The Windows Search Companion seems to have thrown a bit of a wobbly on my office PC (running Windows XP). Searching for files that contain a word or phrase returns exactly the same results as using the "All or part of the file name". As a result, I can't search the contents of anything - even straightforward text files.

Helpfully, Windows Desktop Search simply doesn't return anything at all.

Anyone got any bright ideas on how to fix this?

[stanav]

Try to rebuild the search index catalog.
Control Panel > [If in category view then select Performance and Maintenance] > Indexing Options.
Click Advanced and then click Rebuild.

BTW, update to Windows Search 4 if you haven't already done so. It's more stable.

[InvisibleDuncan]

Thanks, Stanav. I've kicked that off, so I'll see how it pans out.