FIND.EXE Does Not Return the Proper Errorlevel in Windows NT

• Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

The Find command (FIND.EXE) in Windows does not return the proper errorlevel. Under MS-DOS, FIND.EXE returns a zero (0) or one (1), based on whether a string is found in a file. It only returns a zero under Windows NT.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1 and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create the following batch file called FINDIT.BAT in the root directory of drive C.

         @echo off
         find %1 c:\findit.bat
         if errorlevel 1 goto ONE
         if errorlevel 0 goto ZERO
         goto END
         :ONE
         echo Errorlevel is 1, %1 not found
         goto END
         :ZERO
         echo Errorlevel is 0, %1 found
         goto END
         :END
   

2. Boot to MS-DOS and type the command line FINDIT ONE, FINDIT ZERO, FINDIT TWO.

   For the first two commands, it will return errorlevel 0, for the third, it will return 1.

3. Boot to Windows NT and type the same commands.

   All commands will return errorlevel 0.