DotNet Visual C: IDE Replace in Files doesnt work

• janbares / 206 / Tues, 02 Mar 2010 06:13:00 GMT / Comments (5)
• Hi,

  I have .NET 2003. When I run "Find in Files" command, everything works as
  expected. However when I run "Replace in Files" with the same settings a and
  press Find Next, I get: "Look in: A specified directory or file is not
  available or does not exist."
  There is nothing special in my settings, I don't use regular searches, I
  search in "Entire solution".

  Best regards, Jan
• Keywords:

  ide, replace, files, work, dotnet, visual, .net

• http://dotnet.itags.org/visual-c/71208/«« Last Thread - Next Thread »»

• 1. Hi Jan

     Thanks for posting in the community.

     First I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue.
     From your description, I understand that when press "Find Next" of the
     "Replace in Files" dialog box in the VS.NET 2003, you get: "Look in: A
     specified directory or file is not available or does not exist." message.

     Have I understood you right? If anything misunderstood, please feel free to
     let me know.

     Since the "Find Next" operation of the "Replace in Files" dialog box worked
     as expected on my side, I want to know is it a general case in all of your
     VS.NET 2003 projects, or just a particular case in your current working
     projects?

     If it is a particular case, maybe some certain files or directories of your
     working solution currently can't be accessed by the VS.NET IDE due to some
     reason.

     BTW, what's you configuration of the "Look in" Dialog Box of the "Replace
     in Files" Dialog Box, is it a default setting or a special one?

     Thanks!

     Best regards,

     Gary Chang
     Microsoft Online Partner Support

     Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
     This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
     -------

     garychang | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:48:00 GMT |

  2. Hi Gary,

     > First I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue.
     > From your description, I understand that when press "Find Next" of the
     > "Replace in Files" dialog box in the VS.NET 2003, you get: "Look in: A
     > specified directory or file is not available or does not exist." message.

     Yes, the text appears in Find Results window

     > Since the "Find Next" operation of the "Replace in Files" dialog box
     worked
     > as expected on my side, I want to know is it a general case in all of your
     > VS.NET 2003 projects, or just a particular case in your current working
     > projects?

     I realized, that it works for me too when I fill in directory into the "Look
     in" option. However when I use "Entire solution" or "Current project" it
     doesn't work. It doesn't work for any of my projects.

     > If it is a particular case, maybe some certain files or directories of
     your
     > working solution currently can't be accessed by the VS.NET IDE due to some
     > reason.

     Surely not, the "Find in files" works fine and when I use the folder instead
     of "Entire Solution", it works.

     > BTW, what's you configuration of the "Look in" Dialog Box of the "Replace
     > in Files" Dialog Box, is it a default setting or a special one?

     Default settings, there is nothing special.

     Thanks, Jan

     janbares | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:49:00 GMT |

  3. "Jan Bares" <jan.bares...antek.cz.no.spam> wrote:

     > I realized, that it works for me too when I fill in directory into the
     > "Look in" option. However when I use "Entire solution" or "Current
     > project" it doesn't work. It doesn't work for any of my projects.

     Just something to try, as there was a problem with this back in VS.NET
     2002: change the file types it looks for, see if it makes any difference. I
     remember that it wouldn't work for me with VS.NET 2002 unless I used "*.*".

     Just a maybe...

     --
     harry

     harry_bosch | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:50:00 GMT |

  4. Hi Jan,

     Just a try to isolate your IDE's problem:
     You can use the FileMon (http://www.sysinternals.com) when this occurs and
     see what kind of file accesses that the IDE is trying to make.

     Thanks!

     Best regards,

     Gary Chang
     Microsoft Online Partner Support

     Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
     This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
     -------

     garychang | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:51:00 GMT |

  5. Jan,
     Since we have not been able to repro the issue, we would like to know what
     files and folders are being accessed when you click on the Find Next
     button, we will use the tool below to generate a log that will give us this
     information,

     http://www.sysinternals.com/files/NTFILMON.ZIP

     Run Filemon.exe, once the file monitor window shows up, press Ctrl+E, you
     will see a small red check mark on the magnifying glass icon in the
     toolbar, then press Ctrl+X to clear the display. Now press Ctrl+L to bring
     up the filter dialog, for the include field key in devenv* and make sure
     all the check boxes in the dialog are checked, click on the Apply and then
     the OK button.

     Now start VS.NET and load any solution that you can repro the problem with.
     Bring up the Replace in Files dialog.Go back to file monitor and press
     Ctrl+E - the red check mark on the magnifying glass icon will go away.
     Click the Find Next button on the Replace in Files dialog, you will see the
     "Look in..." dialog, while the dialog is sitting on the desktop, go to
     file monitor and press Ctrl+E and then click on the File menu in file
     monitor and choose the save as option to save the log.

     Please send this log to us.

     Thanks,
     Mukhtar

     This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

     2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

     mukhtardesai | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:52:00 GMT |