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XP Search doesnʹt find Office files

It is possible that when you try to search for files created by Microsoft Office programs with the extensions .doc, .ppt, .xls, etc.), that you may find the Search function doesnʹt locate any files, even though you know that such files exist on the hard drive youʹre searching.

This could be caused by upgrading or removing Office.

There is a work around that may dependent on your version

Go to :‐

Start > Run.

In the box type without the quotes “regsvr32 offfilt.dll “

It may just work