No search no more!

[john]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hello With Win XP SP2 installed, I go to Start>Search>For Files or Folders.

The box comes up, but the only thing there is the dog.

No text anywhere in either the right (the big white one) or the left (the
blue one behind the dog).

I went to my inf folder and right clicked to install srchassistant, but
nothing changed.

Any ideas??

Thanks!

Joh

 

[Byte]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Search - Doesn't Work

Open Explorer and go to the Windows\Inf folder. Locate the srchasst.inf
file. Right click it and select Install. You'll need your XP CD or the files
from the I386 folder. (This fix will require you to have your Win XP CD).

The Windows\Inf folder is a hidden folder. You can adjust your Explorer
Folder Options (View tab) to Show hidden files and folders. You can also
click Start, Run and enter %SystemRoot%\Inf to open directly to the Inf
folder.

Error: "A file that is required to run Search Companion cannot be found. You
may need to run setup".

The file that is missing, or corrupt, is one of two. BAR.XSL or BALLOON.XSL
(and/or other files in the same folder), depending on your search
preferences. These files are both normally located in the
Windows\srchasst\mui\0409 folder on your hard drive. These files may be
locally cached in the Temporary Internet Files, so this may explain why some
users have this problem "intermittently".



"John" wrote:

> Hello With Win XP SP2 installed, I go to Start>Search>For Files or Folders.
>
> The box comes up, but the only thing there is the dog.
>
> No text anywhere in either the right (the big white one) or the left (the
> blue one behind the dog).
>
> I went to my inf folder and right clicked to install srchassistant, but
> nothing changed.
>
> Any ideas??
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joh
>
>
>

 

[john]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thanks for replying, but as I orginally posted, I already right
click-installed srchasst. It didn't work.

Just a blank window and a dog when search comes up.

I think that one of my system cleaners deleted a needed reg file or two.

Any other ideas?

John


"Byte" <Byte@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B341829-16C8-4833-9624-8FFA7D002920@microsoft.com...
> Search - Doesn't Work
>
> Open Explorer and go to the Windows\Inf folder. Locate the srchasst.inf
> file. Right click it and select Install. You'll need your XP CD or the
> files
> from the I386 folder. (This fix will require you to have your Win XP CD).
>
> The Windows\Inf folder is a hidden folder. You can adjust your Explorer
> Folder Options (View tab) to Show hidden files and folders. You can also
> click Start, Run and enter %SystemRoot%\Inf to open directly to the Inf
> folder.
>
> Error: "A file that is required to run Search Companion cannot be found.
> You
> may need to run setup".
>
> The file that is missing, or corrupt, is one of two. BAR.XSL or
> BALLOON.XSL
> (and/or other files in the same folder), depending on your search
> preferences. These files are both normally located in the
> Windows\srchasst\mui\0409 folder on your hard drive. These files may be
> locally cached in the Temporary Internet Files, so this may explain why
> some
> users have this problem "intermittently".
>
>
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> Hello With Win XP SP2 installed, I go to Start>Search>For Files or
>> Folders.
>>
>> The box comes up, but the only thing there is the dog.
>>
>> No text anywhere in either the right (the big white one) or the left (the
>> blue one behind the dog).
>>
>> I went to my inf folder and right clicked to install srchassistant, but
>> nothing changed.
>>
>> Any ideas??
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Joh
>>
>>
>>