PUB98: Search All Drives in Find File Does Not Include Floppy (178569)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Publisher 98

This article was previously published under Q178569

SYMPTOMS

If you run a Find File search and select All Drives in the Search On Drive list, the search results do not include publications that are located on floppy disk drives.

CAUSE

The Search All Drives parameter in the Find File dialog box makes Publisher search all local hard drives, local CD-ROM drives, and attached network drives. To keep the search time as low as possible, Publisher does not search floppy disk drives in this situation.

RESOLUTION

You can find publications on floppy disk drives using one of the following Methods.

Method 1

In the Publisher Find File dialog box, specifically choose drive A or B in the Search On Drive list.

Method 2

Use the Windows 95 Find feature to search all drives. For more information about the Find feature, click the Index tab in Windows 95 Help, type the following text

searching for, files or folders

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Finding a file or folder" topic.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/10/1999
Keywords:kbprb KB178569