On Nov 18, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Ronald Steinke wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Ed Gould wrote: > >> >> I am using the finder "button" at the to right of the screen. >>> .......... >> >> What column view option?all I see is spotlight preferences . This >> is most frustrating as it has rarely been for an issue but this >> time 30 files scattered all over the place is bad news. I think I >> have fond the items manually opening up 100 folders but as I said >> manually doing this is a PITA. >> >> Ed > > What you need to do is close the spotlight window and perform your > search by using the Finder (also known as the DeskTop) to locate > your missing files. Be sure to close ALL active application windows > before performing your search. That is not at all possible I have apps that *MUST* be running at all times. >