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Windows 7 search doesn't find things
I'll start out by saying that I don't like Windows 7 search. I liked "Search for files named . . ." or "Search for files containing text . . ." but as usual no one asked me.
My problem is one that I've had since I upgraded to Win 7. I have my user folders on E: and I set a junction to point C:\Users\Barnabas to E:\Users\Barnabas. Pretty simple. If I reference C:\Users\Barnabas\xyx.doc the file E:\Users\Barnabas\xyx.doc opens. Way cool.
The problem is that for some reason this confused Windows search.
Let's say I open up my desktop user folder and select Documents. I know that I have a file called Dogs.doc but I don't remember which folder it is in. So I put Dogs.doc into "Search" and hit go. No files found. However, if I open "My Computer" and navigate to E:\System\Users\Baranbas and do the same search, the file is found.
Does anyone know of a fix for this problem. I know that I can use another search tool like FileSearchEX but MS was nice enough to put that Search box on nearly every window, I feel like I should take advantage of it.