Word: Find File Does Not Add Search Results to Existing List

ID: Q94306

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

In Word for Windows, the Find File command sometimes fails to add search results to an existing list. This happens if you do the following:

1. Perform a search operation with Path Only selected in the Drives list 

   and Add Matches To List selected in the Options list.
2. Perform a second search operation and change Path Only to a specific 
   drive in the Drives list with Add Matches To List selected in the
   Options list.

   -or-

   Perform a second search operation and change Path Only to the same drive
   you chose in step 1 above (after you perform each search, Word changes
   the Drive setting back to Path Only). Change the selection in the Type
   dialog box to search the same drive for a different file type. Make sure
   Add Matches To List is still selected in the Options list.
After the second search, Word creates a new list instead of adding to the previous list. By contrast, Word adds the search results to an existing list if you choose the Edit Path button to change the search specifications instead of selecting a different drive from the Drives list.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

If you perform the first search with Path Only selected in the Drives list, do not select a different drive in this list. Instead, change the search specifications by choosing the Edit Path button.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. From the File menu, choose Find File.

2. Choose the Search button. From the Type list, select Word Document 

   (*.doc). Notice that "*.doc" appears (without the quotation marks) in
   the File Name box.
3. From the Drives list, choose drive C and choose the Start Search 
   button.
4. Choose Search again, and make sure Add Matches To List is selected under 
   Options.
5. From the Type list, select Document Template (*.dot). Notice that 
   "*.dot" appears (without the quotation marks) in the File Name box.
6. Choose drive C again from the Drives list and choose the Start 
   Search button.
Result: The resulting list of found files includes only the Document Template (*.dot) files, instead of adding the found Document Template (*.dot) files to the list of found Word Document (*.doc) files. If the Drives list had not been changed from Path Only, the list of found files would have contained both sets of files.

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 493-500

KBCategory: KBSubcategory: Additional query words: 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c word6 winword winword2 FindFile error 6.0 

Version           : 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998