Vista Bug - Start Menu Search

Not sure if this has been brought up before, or if this is even the correct
place to post a bug but will do my best to explain it...

I have a number of files that share common names etc, music being the most
common. The new "Start Search" feature on the start menu is brilliant for
finding that individual song/file although I've come across a small bug with
it. If my search string matches multiple files I'll notice that the topmost
file is automatically highlighted (as well as the "See all results" down the
bottom). If I then use the arrow keys to try and navigate to the 2nd file it
changes the highlighted file correctly, but then when I hit the enter key,
the "See all results" is what's actually being executed.

Oddly there are a few anomolies that I might as well point out:

1. The same behaviour is not experienced when the search results contain the
category programs...i.e. Searching on "Word" and selecting either Wordpad or
Microsoft Word etc. Seems to be limited to just the "Files" category.
2. If you type the search string too quickly it doesn't seem to highlight
any of the results, and instead just highlights the "See all results".

And just in case you're having difficulty getting Vista to act the way that
I've described above try the following test. Create 3 files Test1.txt
Test2.txt and Test3.txt and place them all in an indexed location such as My
Documents. Hit the Start Button, enter "Test" as your seach string but
slowly so that the results for "T" show before you hit "e" and so on. Once
the Search string is completed as "Test" you should see the 3 files you just
created at the top with Test1.txt highlighted along with "See all results".
Press the down arrow key to navigate down to Test3.txt and hit enter.
Unfortunately, when you do this it executs the "See all results" rather than
the file name that you've just navigated to.

Hope this all makes sense, post back if not and I'll try and explain in more
detail.

Thanks,

GP

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doing exactly as you described....
once i spell out the full word Test, i do indeed see the files i created,
but for me NONE are ever highlighted. the only thing that is ever highlight
is See all results. i imagine this is the default(?) i can however arrow up
and begin selecting files that are displayed




"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA2BBCC0-4D25-4C16-B8E6-84893EC21F65@microsoft.com...
> Not sure if this has been brought up before, or if this is even the
> correct
> place to post a bug but will do my best to explain it...
>
> I have a number of files that share common names etc, music being the most
> common. The new "Start Search" feature on the start menu is brilliant for
> finding that individual song/file although I've come across a small bug
> with
> it. If my search string matches multiple files I'll notice that the
> topmost
> file is automatically highlighted (as well as the "See all results" down
> the
> bottom). If I then use the arrow keys to try and navigate to the 2nd file
> it
> changes the highlighted file correctly, but then when I hit the enter key,
> the "See all results" is what's actually being executed.
>
> Oddly there are a few anomolies that I might as well point out:
>
> 1. The same behaviour is not experienced when the search results contain
> the
> category programs...i.e. Searching on "Word" and selecting either Wordpad
> or
> Microsoft Word etc. Seems to be limited to just the "Files" category.
> 2. If you type the search string too quickly it doesn't seem to highlight
> any of the results, and instead just highlights the "See all results".
>
> And just in case you're having difficulty getting Vista to act the way
> that
> I've described above try the following test. Create 3 files Test1.txt
> Test2.txt and Test3.txt and place them all in an indexed location such as
> My
> Documents. Hit the Start Button, enter "Test" as your seach string but
> slowly so that the results for "T" show before you hit "e" and so on.
> Once
> the Search string is completed as "Test" you should see the 3 files you
> just
> created at the top with Test1.txt highlighted along with "See all
> results".
> Press the down arrow key to navigate down to Test3.txt and hit enter.
> Unfortunately, when you do this it executs the "See all results" rather
> than
> the file name that you've just navigated to.
>
> Hope this all makes sense, post back if not and I'll try and explain in
> more
> detail.
>
> Thanks,
>
> GP
>
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Hi Tony,

Thanks for the reply. Shame its not reproducing itself on your machine...
mine is a fresh installation this morning and it was one of the first things
I noticed when I went to go an play a music file. Thought it was strange at
the time so took a moment to try and figure out exactly what causes it.
Seems that you have to wait for the results to be obtained for each character
that you type in...i.e. If if I just hit a single letter as the search
string such as "U" then x number of Program results get returned with
"Windows Ultimate Extras" highlighted at the top. If I then add "2" to the
search string I then just get the U2 files listed but with the top one still
highlighted. Maybe its a bug on my machine, would be interesting to see if I
can reproduce it on a a collegues machines. I'll give it a go in the new
year when everyone returns and get back on here if so.

Rgds
GP

"Troy McClure" wrote:

> doing exactly as you described....
> once i spell out the full word Test, i do indeed see the files i created,
> but for me NONE are ever highlighted. the only thing that is ever highlight
> is See all results. i imagine this is the default(?) i can however arrow up
> and begin selecting files that are displayed
>
>
>
>
> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA2BBCC0-4D25-4C16-B8E6-84893EC21F65@microsoft.com...
> > Not sure if this has been brought up before, or if this is even the
> > correct
> > place to post a bug but will do my best to explain it...
> >
> > I have a number of files that share common names etc, music being the most
> > common. The new "Start Search" feature on the start menu is brilliant for
> > finding that individual song/file although I've come across a small bug
> > with
> > it. If my search string matches multiple files I'll notice that the
> > topmost
> > file is automatically highlighted (as well as the "See all results" down
> > the
> > bottom). If I then use the arrow keys to try and navigate to the 2nd file
> > it
> > changes the highlighted file correctly, but then when I hit the enter key,
> > the "See all results" is what's actually being executed.
> >
> > Oddly there are a few anomolies that I might as well point out:
> >
> > 1. The same behaviour is not experienced when the search results contain
> > the
> > category programs...i.e. Searching on "Word" and selecting either Wordpad
> > or
> > Microsoft Word etc. Seems to be limited to just the "Files" category.
> > 2. If you type the search string too quickly it doesn't seem to highlight
> > any of the results, and instead just highlights the "See all results".
> >
> > And just in case you're having difficulty getting Vista to act the way
> > that
> > I've described above try the following test. Create 3 files Test1.txt
> > Test2.txt and Test3.txt and place them all in an indexed location such as
> > My
> > Documents. Hit the Start Button, enter "Test" as your seach string but
> > slowly so that the results for "T" show before you hit "e" and so on.
> > Once
> > the Search string is completed as "Test" you should see the 3 files you
> > just
> > created at the top with Test1.txt highlighted along with "See all
> > results".
> > Press the down arrow key to navigate down to Test3.txt and hit enter.
> > Unfortunately, when you do this it executs the "See all results" rather
> > than
> > the file name that you've just navigated to.
> >
> > Hope this all makes sense, post back if not and I'll try and explain in
> > more
> > detail.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > GP
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> > this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ista.gen eral
>
>

you dont have 'search programs' selected in Start Menu Options, i know
its a year later, but it took me about 45 minutes of searching, and
this post kept popping up on top of the list.. so rez'd the post to
help others..


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