Hi,
FileSearch uses Index Service or Office Find Fast.
how about turning on/off the services?

OFF97: Microsoft Office 97 Programs FileSearch Fails on a Microsoft
Windows 2000-based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;259738

Descripton of the new Search feature in Office XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282107/EN-US/

Description of the Find Fast Indexer utility in Office 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205289/EN-US/

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HTH
okaizawa

Ken Loomis wrote:
The following works well in Win 98 & Win XP, but causes Excel to crash &
quit in Win 2K:

With Application.FileSearch
.NewSearch
.FileName = "*.xls"
.LookIn = MyFilePath
.SearchSubFolders = True
.TextOrProperty = "BuildStreetsReports"
.MatchTextExactly = False
.Execute


Can anyone tell me why?

TIA,
Ken