Recent content by sbalfour

I just open explorer, navigate to the disk or folder I want to search, and in the search bar at the top enter Windows kind:folders I get all folders and subfolders (and a few zip folders) with Windows in their name. If I don't qualify with kind:folders, I get files in the list. If you're...

I know about the folders option to show hidden and system files - it's on, because I can see such files as hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys, when they're normally hidden. Search finds no index.dat files on my system, though there are 27. I know, because a search from a Knoppix live CD finds 27 of...

Folks, OK, I've had enough of things I can't see. How for example, can I find and view all files named "index.dat". If you enter this into the search bar, you won't find any, but I assure you, there are dozens on the typical system. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There're many...

That blog post is similar to others I have read. Of course, I know the standard procedure for taking ownership and adding permissions to files and folders - I do it routinely. This problem is deeper than you are digging. I have 3TB of data and hundreds of folders belonging to projects, i.e...

I am an experienced system administrator (mostly on Unix, but also on Win XP). I've recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. The data disk, where all of the user project folders are stored is separate from the system disk, and untouched by the upgrade. I am the owner and...