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Q60837: Using Search Results Windows in File Manager

Article: Q60837
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 29-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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This article discusses the following problems using the Search feature in
Microsoft Windows File Manager:

- Single Search Window

- Printing a File from the Search Results Window

To Search for a file, choose Search from the File menu.

MORE INFORMATION
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Single Search Window
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You cannot have multiple Search Results windows. All second and subsequent
queries are placed in the first Search Results window.

If you want to view multiple searches, you can copy the contents displayed in the
window to the Clipboard by pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN. This method captures only
the directories and files that are viewable in the Search Results window. To
capture a subsequent Search Results window, you must save the Clipboard data to
a file or paste it into another application such as Paintbrush.

This is by design.

Printing a File from the Search Results Window
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In Microsoft Windows version 3.0 you cannot print a file from the Search Results
Window. The Print option is unavailable (dimmed) and cannot be selected.

According to pages 124-125 of the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide" for version
3.0, you can select files and directories in the Search Results window and use
File menu commands to print, copy, and move window contents. This is incorrect.
You can copy and move Search Results window contents, but you cannot print them.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version 3.0. This
problem does not occur in later versions of Windows.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a 3.1 3.10 docerr filemanager grey gray grayed WIN31 documentation error greyed 3.11 win30

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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