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Pedro
Pedro

Reputation: 11854

Visual Studio 2008 Find in Files not working

I am having a really bizarre problem. Find in Files feature in VS2008 always finds zero matches when looking in the Entire Solution and gives the error 'No files were found to look in' when looking in Current Project. Looking in Current Document works just fine.

I've tried the ctrl+scroll lock thing with no success. Also, my folders aren't mark as system folders as some people suggested.

Any help on this is appreciated, a life without find in files is a life of deceit and dismay... :(

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2343

Answers (3)

Nick Craver
Nick Craver

Reputation: 630349

In your find dialog, expand the Find Options section.

Make sure that the Look at there file types: is either blank, or *.*

Upvotes: 6

Pedro
Pedro

Reputation: 11854

Aww I've found it. The problem was that there was a filter that said only .asmx files should be looked into.... No idea how did this happen, though...

Upvotes: 1

James Campbell
James Campbell

Reputation: 5087

Yeah pain in the neck, use this AWSOME free tool instead:

Agent Ransack

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/Page.aspx?page=download

Upvotes: 4

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