Using Search Results Windows in File Manager

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

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

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Single Search Window

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

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

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