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I've had some issues with the new search function in Windows 7. The Search in Windows XP was packed with so many more options. The only options I can access now, is 'Date Modified' and 'Size'.

Any pointers to how to get more options in the Windows 7 Search, or links to external programs that can make my life easier?

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From the Windows Search Advanced Query Syntax page, use the following search items:

To restrict by file type    Use            Example
------------------------    ---            -------
Folders                     folders        kind:folders
Folder name                 foldername     foldername:mydocs
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Now I see, maybe the Windows 7 search is a bit better suited for search than the Windows XP version =) – stigok Mar 5 '10 at 14:11
@sshow - you should say thanks to snark by up voting the answer. +1 from me – Nicu Zecheru Mar 5 '10 at 14:56
Just great, Thanks a lot. I was looking for that for a while ;) – Mohammad Mar 20 '10 at 21:02

I'm prepared to be down voted for this as you are asking specifically for windows-search based answers, but here goes nothing...

Open up the windows command prompt and navigate to the directory from which you want to start searching and use the following command:

dir _svn /ad /s

Windows Search just makes me howl with rage for a few minutes before I give up and just do the same search from the command prompt instead.

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