Are there free utilities that will search contents of text files while the files are not opened. Text files include html files, php files, C or the like. I have found that searching these files reliably I need to have them opened in an editor and search has to be done from the editor.
The built-in search facilities in Windows XP or Vista do not appear reliable to me. It can’t find files that I know do have the string of characters in them. I never know which part of string it can find.
By the way how can we start Windows Vista search in advanced mode or with contents search every time we want. I can’t see the advanced option until the search fails. Perhaps I have missed something here.
