Content search with Ä Ü Ö

[Steffen55]

Hallo,

How can I search for words with Ä Ü Ö in Rich Text Files?

Greetings

Steffen55

[void]

Please try the following search:

*.rtf diacritics:content:Ä | diacritics:content:Ü | diacritics:content:Ö



*.rtf = match rich text files.
diacritics: = match diacritics
content: = match file content
| = OR

[Steffen55]

Hello void,
Thank you for your quick reply.
Unfortunately, the search did not yield any results.

Steffen55

[void]

What are your "Rich Text Files"?
-Are these rtf files or did you mean a Word document or PDF file?

It may take Everything a long time to search all your rtf files.
Status is shown in the status bar.
Everything will show Querying if it is still looking through your rtf files.



To improve performance, please try adding more search filters, for example:

"C:\my rtf folder\" dm:thisyear *.rtf diacritics:content:Ä | diacritics:content:Ü | diacritics:content:Ö
-where "C:\my rtf folder" is the location of your rtf files.


Please make sure regex is unchecked under the Search menu.

[ovg]

For me neither Match Diacritics nor diacritics: doesn't work with rtf files ....
For me both working fine with txt/docx/doc/xlsx/pdf files ...

[Steffen55]

Hello Void,
my rich text files are RTF files.
When I created as you suggested,
"C:\my rtf folder\" dm:thisyear *.rtf diacritics:content:Ä | diacritics:content:Ü | diacritics:content:Ö into the search, the status bar showed 0 results.

Steffen55

[void]

There might be an issue with the RTF iFilter (RTF content search).

Let's check if Everything is finding the RTF files.

Does Everything find your RTF files with the following search:

*.rtf

-If not, please make sure no search options are checked under the Search menu (eg: uncheck match case, uncheck match whole words, uncheck regex)

Please make sure the Everything filter is active under the Search menu.

Please make sure these files are not excluded from Tools -> Options -> Exclude.



Does Everything find your RTF files with the following search:

"C:\my rtf folder\" dm:thisyear *.rtf

(where C:\my rtf folder is the location of your RTF files)

[ovg]

There might be an issue with the RTF iFilter (RTF content search).

Search and Preview for RTF files working fine for me ...

[Steffen55]

Hello Void,

with "C:\my RTF folder\" dm:this year *.rtf
Everything finds my RTF files.

Steffen55

[void]

Let's check your RTF iFilter:

• From the Start menu, search for:
  regedit
• Click Registry Editor
• In the Registry Editor, navigate to:
  Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\PersistentHandler
• What is shown on the right?
  The (Default) value should look something like:
  {2e2294a9-50d7-4fe7-a09f-e6492e185884}

Please make sure Everything is not running as an administrator:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

[ovg]

[*]In the Registry Editor, navigate to:
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\PersistentHandler
[*]What is shown on the right?
The (Default) value should look something like:
{2e2294a9-50d7-4fe7-a09f-e6492e185884}

Bingo! I created this key (it didn't exist) and set it to your value. Now search for content in rtf files working fine!

Thank you!

[Steffen55]

Hello Void,
Your last tip with the registry editor was the solution to my >problem.
Thank you very much for your endless patience.

Steffen55