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RE: Search filenames only

Keith Lammers — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:44:37 GMT

No worries at all! You should be able to do this by doing the following:

Enable the "Treat all Include Files filters as wildcards" option on the FileSeek Settings > Search tab
Make sure the Query field is empty
Enter your search terms in the Include Files field

Let me know if that doesn't work out

Thanks!

RE: File Handlers (from a new user)

Keith Lammers — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:38:10 GMT

Sorry for the way late response!

The file handlers need to be registered with Windows, so you'll need to either install the application (if the file handler comes bundled with the app), or install the standalone file handler. For example, Adobe provides standalone file handlers for searching PDF's (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2611, and http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025). Once you install those, FileSeek will automatically load them the next time it starts up.

Hope that helps!

RE: Match more file patterns at one time

Keith Lammers — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:35:33 GMT

Sorry for the way late response! #3 is close

You would separate them with the pipe, but no spaces on either side, like this: *.txt|*.pdf

Thanks!

Search filenames only

Lars R — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:58:06 GMT

Hi, I apologize for being dense. Could you clarify how to search for filenames or portions of filenames only, and NOT search the contents of the files?

Thank you.

File Handlers (from a new user)

Lawrence Court — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:00:32 GMT

I am using a number of portable applications for pdf, doc, txt and other file types. So far as I can tell, they do not include file handlers.

Do I have to find file handlers for installable apps? Do I need only the file handler or the complete app? And how do I import the file handlers into FileSeek?

Thanks for your help.

Match more file patterns at one time

storm_knight@126.com — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:18:16 GMT

Hi,

I enjoy FileSeek very much. But it can exclude two file type at same time?
I want to 2 file types, .html and htm, so should I write in the field exclude files?
which one is right?
1) Exclude files: *.html, *.htm
2) Exclude files: *.html or *.htm
3) Exclude files: *.html | *.htm
4) Exclude files: *.html *.htm
5) Exclude files: *.html; *.htm

Thanks a lot.

RE: FileSeek as a portable app...?

Keith Lammers — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:47:11 GMT

That's correct Joe. All settings for FileSeek are stored in the registry (in HKCU\Software\Binary Fortress Software\FileSeek), and FileSeek doesn't create any new configuration or temporary files when running.

The last used searches do get stored in the registry, in the following keys:

HKCU\Software\Binary Fortress Software\FileSeek\LastUsedFilesExclude
HKCU\Software\Binary Fortress Software\FileSeek\LastUsedFilesInclude
HKCU\Software\Binary Fortress Software\FileSeek\LastUsedPath
HKCU\Software\Binary Fortress Software\FileSeek\LastUsedQuery

Thanks!

RE: FileSeek as a portable app...?

joe — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:13:45 GMT

Can you confirm that when fileseek is run from a usb stick that the only change to the host computer (the one getting searched) would be in the registry? Does it update the file dates on any of the files on the host computer?

Would the search strings for individual searches ever get saved to the registry?

thx,
Joe

RE: No php file handler

Keith Lammers — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:14:27 GMT

@metropol4: kevinp is correct. You should be able to search inside .php files without a file handler, as it's just a text based file. Are you getting an error when you try to search inside .php files using the Query field in FileSeek?

Thanks!

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Kevin Pillsbury — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:19:20 GMT

Based on my tests, I think Windows 7 64-bit, Office 2007/2010 file types, and some RegEx may not work as expected.

When I tried "Query: \b4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?\b" on Windows 7, my result was "I am not getting the "No File Handler" for the .xlsx file, but I am also not getting a match."

Keith wrote (I believe this was based on Server 2008 ) : "If I remove the \b from the start and end of the regex, then it pulls up the results".

I removed the \b from the start and end of the regex and got the matches I expected.

Whether one gets "No File Handler" or no results, when there should be results, the bottom line is the same.

RE: No php file handler

Kevin Pillsbury — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:49:56 GMT

It is possible.

I am not showing a file handler for .php in FileSeek, but when I searched for a word in a group of .php files, FileSeek returned results.

No php file handler

metropol4 — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:42:55 GMT

Hi thanks for that great software, but anybody knows if its posible to look for code inside php files?
Thanks in advance

Mario

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:03:26 GMT

I'm officially out of ideas on this one

It seems like the file handlers for the Office 2007/2010 file types just don't work right in Server 2008 R2.

I tried installing the File Server role, with the Windows Search Service (see the screenshot) role service. After doing that, I started getting the "no file handler" errors on the .xlsx files, but .docx files worked fine.

After that, I uninstalled and reinstalled the Office 2010 64-bit Filter Pack, and then I was able to search the .xlsx files, but the .docx files couldn't be searched any more

If I can think of anything else, I'll be sure to let you know, but for now, I'm completely stumped on this one.

RE: Links are still searched

David — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:15:45 GMT

I see.

Thank you very much. You helped again.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:36:37 GMT

I created both a .doc file and a .docx file with similar contents. It seems like the .docx files are not detected at all. Here are my results for searching for dfdfd (under "Match Any Words") in a folder that has test files for .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, and .txt in it:

For searching \b4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?\b as "treat query as regular expression":

RE: Links are still searched

Kevin Pillsbury — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:54:01 GMT

link/junction is different than a shortcut (.lnk files).

Info:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365006%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363878%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_shortcut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:05:33 GMT

Yep, all I did was just run the Office 2010 filter pack installer again. Just as a test, can you try searching some .docx files to see if you get the same error?

Links are still searched

David — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:26:56 GMT

Hi,

"Search files & folders that are a link/junction" is not selected. But shortcuts (.lnk files) are still searched.
I have to add *.lnk to the Exclude files field to exclude the shortcuts.

I use Win7 Home Pre x64 SP1.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:50:37 GMT

Sorry for the absence here - I was away on vacation.

You mention that "reinstalling the filter pack" fixed those errors up for you, right? Did you mean doing something other than double-clicking on "FilterPack64bit.exe" again? As that produced no changes for me.

I attempted to install that Service Pack, however I got the following message: "The update is already installed on the system."

RE: No pdf file handler

Keith Lammers — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:48:38 GMT

No problem David, you're very welcome!

RE: No pdf file handler

David — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:27:30 GMT

I installed the Adobe PDF iFilter for x64 and I'm a happy man now.

Thank you, guy, for the x64 iFilter and the explanation.
Great help!

RE: No pdf file handler

Keith Lammers — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:24:48 GMT

@kevinp: I believe you're correct. Adobe only bundles the 32-bit version of the iFilter, so if you're running on a 64-bit OS, you still need to install the separate Adobe PDF 64-bit iFilter.

Thanks!

RE: No pdf file handler

Kevin Pillsbury — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:17:52 GMT

Quote:
"According to Adobe, the PDF IFilter is bundled with Adobe Reader from version 9 on, and I have Adobe Reader 10.1.2 on my Win7 x64 machine. Why can't FileSeek find it?"

Hopefully Keith will weigh in, but I believe the reason is because FileSeek is using the OS, the OS is 64-bit, thus the iFilters need to be 64-bit.

Another guess - if you used the Edit | Search feature inside of Adobe Reader to search for words in other PDFs, Reader would be able to find them because it would stay in its 32-bit world (ie not use the OS for this), using its 32-bit iFilters.

RE: No pdf file handler

David — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:57:38 GMT

Thank you, quys, for helping me.

Glad to know where to get the IFilter I need. But, a question is still hovering on my mind:

"According to Adobe, the PDF IFilter is bundled with Adobe Reader from version 9 on, and I have Adobe Reader 10.1.2 on my Win7 x64 machine. Why can't FileSeek find it?"

I did not install Adobe Reader 10.1.2 to the default folder, but to a folder of my own choice on a different HDD partition. Does that matter?

RE: No pdf file handler

Keith Lammers — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:08:40 GMT

Thanks @kevinp!

@David: I can confirm that the Adobe PDF iFilter that @kevinp posted should do the trick

RE: No pdf file handler

Kevin Pillsbury — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:25:55 GMT

Adobe makes an iFilter for Windows 7 64-bit:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025

A discussion of Adobe's iFilter for 64-bit:

http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/2008/12/adobe_pdf_ifilter_9_for_64bit.html

Foxit makes an iFilter for 64-bit (appears they now charge for it):

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/ifilter/pricing.php

No pdf file handler

David — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:13:19 GMT

Hi,

I enjoy FileSeek very much. But it can not search the contents of pdf files because FileSeek does not find a file handler for pdf files. Can this be fixed?

I have Adobe Reader X on Windows 7 x64.

Thank you.

David

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:07:44 GMT

I got those same errors if I unregistered and tried to re-register the DLLs, but reinstalling the Filter Pack fixed it up for me. I've just found that there's a service pack for the filter pack as well (crazy, I know ), but it's worth a try!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2460041

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:46:50 GMT

Hrm - well, that changed things, at least. Here was the process I followed along with the results:

Closed FileSeek
Performed a regsvr32 -u operation on odffilt.dll, OFFILT.DLL, and offfiltx.dll (I did all three, as only doing the process with offiltx.dll did not produce any benefit)
Renamed .dll files to .dll.old
Ran FilterPack64bit
Re-registered the .dll files with regsvr32 (otherwise, FileSeek didn't even seem to see that there were any .xls/.xlsx files in the directory)

OFFILT.DLL re-registered just fine
odffilt.dll gave me: "The module "path/file" was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found."
offfiltx.dll gave me: "The module "path/file" was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80040201."

I now opened up FileSeek and queried for "dfdfd" using the Match Any Words mode. I get the following results:

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:45:09 GMT

You could try that. I would try the following:

Unregister the DLL with the following command "regsvr32 -u path\file.dll"
Rename the DLL to file.old (just in case you need to restore it)
Re-install the Office 2010 Filter Pack

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:54:58 GMT

Odd - I tried using the windows search and it did not find any results (in either the .xls OR the .xlsx) whether I search on the desktop or off the share.

Again, this is on Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, so there may be some difference. Indexing is turned off, but I would imagine that shouldn't make that much of a difference anywhere except for speed.

To make sure I followed the same process as you both did, I navigated to the location containing the files, typed my string into the search box in the upper-right corner (I tried 2 strings contained in the files), and then clicked "file contents" under the "Search again in:" options.

I tested on my Windows 7 workstation, and it did find results in both the .xls and the .xlsx files, so it certainly seems like something is wrong with the Win2008 box's configuration...

Do you think I should try deleting the .dll files and THEN install the filter pack and/or repair the Office installation again?

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Kevin Pillsbury — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:11:25 GMT

I know you asked @Austin, but I tried your example here and it found it in every file: .xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, and .xlsb.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:32:00 GMT

@kevinp: That's the same behaviour I'm seeing as well. The XLSX file must store the text a bit differently. If I remove the \b from the start and end of the regex, then it pulls up the results (although still mashed onto one big line). We'll have to check that out as well, but it's still weird that @Austin is getting the "No File Handler" error.

@Austin: Are you able to search for some text in the XLSX files using the Windows 7 search? Just curious to see if it works or not, as I'm assuming it will use the same file handler. See the attachment for an example.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Kevin Pillsbury — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:04:08 GMT

Hi,

I thought I would give this a try here. I downloaded the Excel file.

Windows 7 64-bit Version: 6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)
Excel version: 14.0.6112.5000 (32-bit) (Office 2010)
FileSeek Version: 2.1.3
offfilt.dll (.xls) Version: 2008.0.7600.16385
offfiltx.dll (.xlsx) Version: 2010.1400.6019.1000

Include Files: *.*
Query: \b4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?\b
Search Mode: Treat Query as a Regular Expression
Process file contents ...: checked
Show Filenames that match the Query Text

I am not getting the "No File Handler" for the .xlsx file, but I am also not getting a match.

When I save the file to .xls, I get two matches.

Additional info:

Include Files: *.*
Query: sdfsd
Search Mode: Match Full String
Process file contents ...: checked
Show Filenames that match the Query Text

Matches found in the .xls and .xlsx and .xlsm (I made one of these) files. Match not found in the .xlsb (I made one of these) file, but didn't get the "No File Handler". What is interesting (or maybe not) is you see the individual entries in the .xls matches (each entry has a match and the Line contains the cell contents). However, in the .xlsx match you see only one match and all the cell contents are one long string in Line.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:43:57 GMT

At the moment I'm not sure what else to check. The file handlers are kind of a mystery, as we just ask Windows to load them, we don't do anything special.

I'm going to see if I can find another app that uses the XLSX file handlers that you can try, to see if it's an issue with the .dll itself.

I'll keep you posted!

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:24:48 GMT

Yes - I still get the same error - "No File Handler for this file, searching using standard method."

Is there anything else I can provide to help you diagnose the bug?

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:50:21 GMT

Just a quick question: If you do a search for dfdfd (use the Match Full String Search Mode), do you still get the same error? I'm just curious if the issue is limited to using Regular Expressions on XLSX files.

Thanks!

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:32:29 GMT

Thanks for posting the example, I'll test this out and let you know the results!

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:33:57 GMT

I performed a repair of Office 2010 and restarted my system. From what I can see, there was no change in the File Handlers list or in the .dll versions.

After this, I still get the "No File Handler for this file, searching using standard method." error.

I have uploaded one of the .xlsx files I am having issues with (a test file) here: http://squisch.net/dumptruck/Book1.xlsx . I am attempting to test this regular expression on it:
\b4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?\b

This works fine once I use Excel to save this file as a .xls file instead.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:45:08 GMT

Just tested in Server 2008 R2 x64 and it seems to work fine for me there too. Could you try running a repair of the Office 2010 installation? You can do this by clicking the "Change" button after selecting Microsoft Office 2010 in the Programs and Features list.

Thanks!

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:28:09 GMT

Ok, just wanted to check whether it might be an issue with the specific files, or system wide. It definitely sounds like all XLSX files system wide are having the issue.

I have the same setup as you, except that I'm on Windows 7, so perhaps it's an issue in Server 2008 R2. I'll test this out and post an update as soon as I have one.

Thanks!

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:38:12 GMT

Well, I can't honestly say *all* .xlsx files, but I haven't run into one in our environment yet that has been able to be scanned without this error.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:31:13 GMT

Ok, just to double-check, do you receive this error for all .xlsx files, or only certain ones?

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:50:35 GMT

I have run the 64-bit version of that executable. This seems to have changed the file handler for .xls (and many other extensions) to a version 2010.1400.4746.1000 OFFFILT.DLL that is now in Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Filters/ . However, the file handler for .xlsx is still the same as I mentioned in the last post (offfilt.dll Version: 2010.1400.6019.1000).

After running that executable, the situation is unchanged and .xls works while .xlsx still gives the "No File Handler for this file, searching using standard method." error and does not find a match.

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:04:57 GMT

The Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack should bring all of the filters/file handlers up to date. Could you give it a try from the link below and let me know how it works out?

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17062

Thanks!

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Austin _ — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:32:38 GMT

I am experiencing the same issue, so let me answer the same questions... (unless you would rather me start another topic...)

Excel version: 14.0.6112.5000 (32-bit) (Office 2010)
Windows Version: Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit
FileSeek Version: 2.1.3
offfilt.dll Version: 2010.1400.6019.1000

.xlsx is listed in the file handlers section of Settings - pointing to Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Filters/odffilt.dll

I have converted the file to .xls and searched with success, though that is pointing to a different version of odffilt.dll in system32 - version 2008.0.7600.16385

RE: Long path handling

Keith Lammers — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:36:35 GMT

Sure does! I've deleted his post, thanks Pete!

RE: Long path handling

Pete Gomersall — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:23:43 GMT

Quote:
(Removed)

This seems like a bit of advertising for a tool that is not free?
Pete

RE: Can't search within xlsx

Keith Lammers — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:24 GMT

Strange! A few questions for you:

Which version of Microsoft Office do you have installed?
Which version of Windows are you using?
Does the .xlsx extension show up in the File Handlers list in the FileSeek Settings?

Thanks!

Can't search within xlsx

Mason DeMone — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:40:05 GMT

Hello,

For some reason only on xlsx files I get a "no file handler for this file"... if I resave a file as an XLS it works fine and searches within. I've verified that it's pointing to the proper DLL as well on my machine. Any suggestions?

Thanks