Searching all PDF's in a folder

[Steve_...@adobeforums.com]

I want to use the search funtion to search through all PDF's in a specified folder - which is a sub-folder (a few levels down) of "My Documents". I use the drop down list to navigate to the folder I want to search by choosing "Browse for location ..." and then drop down through the sub-folders until I get to the one I want. When I highlight that sub-folder the name appears in the "Folder" text box and I press OK. The searched folder then reverts back to "My Documents" and I can't seem to be able to refine the search any lower than that. I'm using the latest version of Reader (downloaded today) but the same problem was occuring on the previous version I had installed also. Operating system is Windows XP.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Ben_C...@adobeforums.com]

What version of XP? This can be important as is true for how your file folders are structured. I keep a group of files in a sub-folder under c:\My Documents. This is not the same as using the one supplied by MS. Maybe you can try that. Remember to click on the specific file to open it. Another thing-Reader 8 has a 'File' drop-down that will take you wherever you need to go.