# \[BUG\] Find/Replace tool not finding in Window unless Window is open

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-find-replace-tool-not-finding-in-window-unless-window-is-open/78198>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-find-replace-tool-not-finding-in-window-unless-window-is-open/78198 "2023-08-22T06:22:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-find-replace-tool-not-finding-in-window-unless-window-is-open/78198/1 "2023-08-22T06:22:14Z")

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v8.1.28

No Windows open... no results???

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/6/c6435a10a39fa8b3a63504ac005367b02a52cd20.png)

Search again after opening Window that I _know_ contains this tag in Designer... it finds it??

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/c/fc873114f46a5ff8b6075d52cc1bd861fb73518b.png)

No errors reported in the console

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**Author:** ![jdehart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jdehart/32/17840_2.png) [@jdehart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jdehart)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-find-replace-tool-not-finding-in-window-unless-window-is-open/78198/2 "2023-08-22T12:34:59Z")

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Second this, another developer at our company ran into this the other day and showed us.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-find-replace-tool-not-finding-in-window-unless-window-is-open/78198/3 "2023-08-22T13:39:47Z")

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I want to say this isn't new and it's unavoidable due to the way Vision stores resources & creates new ones. I'll look up the full details of what I'm thinking of in a bit.