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+2  Q: 

Visual Studio 2008 Find in Files not working..!

Hello,

I am having a really bizarre problem. Find in Files feature in VS2008 always finds zero matches when looking in the Entire Solution and gives the error 'No files were found to look in' when looking in Current Project. Looking in Current Document works just fine.

I've tried the ctrl+scroll lock thing with no success. Also, my folders aren't mark as system folders as some people sugested.

Any help on this is apreciated, a life without find in files is a life of deceit and dismay... :(

Thanks.

+2  A: 

Yeah pain in the neck, use this AWSOME free tool instead:

Agent Ransack

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/Page.aspx?page=download

James Campbell  2010-02-06 13:25:45
Once installed, open it. Select the folder to search, check the "contains text" checkbox and start search.
James Campbell  2010-02-06 13:27:42
thanks for the suggestion
Pedro  2010-02-06 13:28:03
This not only shows you the line of text you are searching will show each file the text is found in. each line of code for each file and their line number. I had too many issues with search in vs, when it does work, it is touchy and not accurate at times. Since I installed Agent Ransack i haven't looked back. lightweight too.
James Campbell  2010-02-06 13:31:17
really good program indeed, just done some testing, it's really nice.
Pedro  2010-02-06 13:37:14
+1  A: 

Aww I've found it. The problem was that there was a filter that said only .asmx files should be looked into.... No idea how did this happen, though...

Pedro  2010-02-06 13:30:07
+3  A: 

In your find dialog, expand the Find Options section.

Make sure that the Look at there file types: is either blank, or *.*

Nick Craver  2010-02-06 13:30:10
yeah that was the problem... i've realized that a moment ago... thanks!
Pedro  2010-02-06 13:33:53
@Pedro - If only I could count the number of times I've done this...and it's **still** not the first thing I check :(
Nick Craver  2010-02-06 13:36:14

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