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Using the "Content:" search filter under windows 10, i am able to find files that contain a string, this worked for me with excel tables, word docs and simple txt files. However, now i am trying to find a keyword throughout a number of .json files, and i get no returns.

Why is that? I can open jsonfiles with the editor just normally, why cant windows run a plain text search on them? And more important - is there a way to fix this?

I guess i could write a script that just loads the json data and filters the content but... I dont understand why it doesnt work.

EDIT: I already change the indexing to file content btw, and in the list it says that it searches .json files too.

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    Did you ever figure this out? I'm facing the same problem
    – user46338
    Commented May 11, 2020 at 13:41
  • nope, ended up writing a script that renames all json files to .txt, then searching, then renaming it back...
    – Flying Thunder
    Commented May 11, 2020 at 16:07

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This is how I resolved: Windows menu >> Type "Index" to find Indexing Options >> Advanced >> File Types Tab >> find the json extension and change it to "Index Properties and File contents.

I hope it works for you too

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  • this seems does not work
    – Gryu
    Commented Nov 27, 2020 at 14:24

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