Find File Command Searches Only the Current Directory

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Find File command on the File menu and select the Include Subdirectories option, Word for Windows may search only the current directory. (You can find the Include Subdirectories option in the Search dialog box; if this dialog box does not appear when you choose Find File from the File menu, choose the Search button.)

CAUSE

Word searches only the current directory and does not search the subdirectories if you do not include a backslash (\) character after the drive letter in the Location box in the Search dialog box. For example, if you type "C:" (without the quotation marks) in the Location box, Word searches the current directory. By contrast, if you type "C:\" in the Location box, Word searches all the subdirectories on drive C.

Note: The current directory is the one that appears above the Directories box when you choose Save As from the File menu.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.