Windows Search is the functionality built into the Windows OS for finding files, folders and programs on a PC or in connected storage.
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How to open a directory in Windows 8 using Win+f?
When I'd like to open a file called duck.txt, I use the following combination of keys.
win+f,d,u,enter
How can I apply the technique to open a directory? Suppose there's a directory called ducks. ...
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windows 8 - strange behaviour when searching for an unpinned app
Using Windows 8, if regedit is pinned to the start screen, I can press the Windows key and type r-e-g-e-d-i-t. regedit appears from the first keypress and the other entries gradually disappear with ...
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What would cause files to be excluded from Windows Search Indexer unexpectedly?
I have a series of folders (lesson1, lesson2, etc.), and each one contains an "fla" (Flash) file for the lesson.
In the parent directory, I typed "*.fla" into the search box to list all the fla files ...
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Windows XP search for files which have specfic name length
I want to look for all .txt files in a folder, which their filename starts with r and is 4 character length or lower (<=4)
What's the query? (in Windows XP)
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when performing search on home directory it returns partial result
When I perform search on a phrase in my home directory, it only returns partial result. For example, if I search for the word "student" which has about 100 entries in the directory, it always returns ...
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How Windows Search determines what results to show?
What is the precise behavior of Windows Search? Is it searching for only files it considers documents? Or only in some directories, no matter what root directory was specified by the user?
Example: ...
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How to force Windows 7 to find files that has the text I am searching in their name?
I remember clearly either XP or Windows 7 worked like this because. Basically if I were to search for "replace" in a folder, it shows "No files".
But if I search for "*replace", then it shows 2 ...
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SearchIndexer.exe faulting on Windows 8
I've had Windows 8 running on my laptop since it went RTM, but since about 2 or 3 days ago I haven't been able to use my Windows Media Network Sharing Service to watch movies on my Xbox. I finally ...
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Does Windows 7 only index the first x characters of a file and can I change x?
I recently ran into an issue where a legacy SQL script which is required to be run to enable support for a component of our application was overwriting a more recent version of a particular stored ...
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Why is Google so much faster than a hard-drive search?
When I search a file on my HD in Windows 7 or Windows XP it takes some minutes to finish the process. If I fill in a search term in Google, the answer is on my screen in milliseconds
How is it ...
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Windows XP Pro One username can search files and folder perfectly however another username cannot
here is an odd one, a user on a pc running XP Pro can search for files and folders on a drive perfectly with no time lag or anything, however another user on the same machine it takes forever? am I ...
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Find all videos less than x seconds in length
I have a directory (F:\video) with many subdirectories containing various .mp4 videos. Is there any way I can get a list of all the videos less than 15 seconds long? Preferably using the standard ...
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Windows 8 search with result context
Is there a way to search for PDF and Word documents in Windows 8 so that the search results display not only the file name, but also some context of where the search terms occur? A sentence around the ...
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Show relevant results on Start Search
When using the Search feature in the Windows Start Screen (in Windows 8), when I start typing an app (say, VirtualBox) the same results always come up, ordered the same way. In the case of VirtualBox, ...
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How do you search for a file in all previous versions of a folder?
So far in my searches (one two) I've been unable to find an answer to this.
Let's say I had a file somefile.abc, in folder c:\xyz, but have deleted it at some point in the past.
I have Windows 7's ...
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Windows Search Limits Queries to 255 Chars. Any Way to Override This?
I run Windows 8 and have run into an issue... As you know, Windows features a "fuzzy" search, which is great for finding multiple files... However, I often have to search for multiple files using a ...
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Desktop search that integrates with Google
I am looking for a way to combine file search results from the local desktop with web search results from google, inside the same browser.
Background: I have a user that uses Google Desktop to ...
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How can I search photos by EXIF tags?
I want to be able to find a specific photo in my huge archive, so I put some tags in the EXIF header.
The problem is: How can I search for a file that contains a specific tag (eg. "sky")?
Can ...
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Windows 8 disable network locations from search
Using webdrive to mount external SSH/SFTP points, whenever I do a search using File Explorer / Search on Computer, explorer starts to scan these drives as well. Since I have a full ubuntu server ...
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How to search in multiple folders in Windows 7?
In Windows Vista, you could easily select multiple non-indexed locations to search in. Where has this option been moved in Windows 7?
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Do I have to index my entire C drive for Windows to find just one single file?
I want to find a file named jucheck.exe because Windows keeps asking me for permission to run this program. I understand that this is Java component that checks for new updates. But nevertheless, I ...
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Search in windows control panel lose focus after typing one character
When I open windows' control panel, click the search bar and start typing, it always lose focus after typing in one character. If I click it again to regain focus, the problem wouldn't happen again. ...
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How can I see the available Windows Search Filters?
I've often wondered how to use Windows Search Filters. The available documentation is extremely limited, but its potential uses are quite large.
When I type something, the only search filters I see ...
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Windows 8: Search entire computer?
I am running Windows 8.
I would like to search the entire harddrive for a file named cookies.sqlite. I am searching for files which belong to a missing Firefox profile.
If I open the Charms Bar, ...
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How can I search all of my computers from one computer?
Is there any way to search through the files of multiple computers from one computer? I want to find a way to search all of my files, which are on three different computers, from one computer. I have ...
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Window 8 Search Can't Find Files in Libraries
When I search for files under Libraries or any of its subdirectories, no results are returned. Here is a screenshot demonstrating the problem:
Here is a screenshot showing the current search ...
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where is indexes stored in NTFS when enable it?
When we enable indexing in NTFS Partition , where is saved?
How many bits were used?
MSDN says:
Several new NTFS5 features rely on a fundamental NTFS feature called attribute indexing.
For ...
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Bug?: Windows Explorer search file extension aware
Can someone explain why I cannot find files with certain file extensions? The repro steps are below.
Create Folder.
Create TXT file with the following text. <root />
Use Windows Explorer to ...
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Searching for files in Windows Server 2003 matching one of multiple words
I need to search through a disk with lots of files for any documents (PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, etc.) that have a file name matching one or more of a couple hundred of words.
The built-in search tool is ...
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How to search only the filename for a substring in Windows?
Following on from this question, I'd like to know whether Windows Search also shares the same shortcomings, or whether it is possible using Advanced Query Syntax to search for a substring in the ...
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Files seen in Windows 7 Search but not in folder
I made a folder, shared it, went to another computer, and copied a bunch of files to the shared folder.
It ate up the disk space on the host computer, so I guess the files ended up somewhere.
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A windows 7 sidebar replacement for a power-user [closed]
I'm extremely dissatisfied with the current desktops. As a power user, I barely ever see my desktop, I'd prefer a sidebar that slides out (on any non-fullscreen application) and has a searchbox with ...
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Windows 8 Modern UI searching in files doesn't work
I have a problem with my search in Windows 8. When I search through the Modern UI style (WinF) for files, it won't return a single result from none of my drives.
Searching via Windows Explorer works ...
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Is it possible to make Windows 8 searches more advanced? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I use wildcards in Windows 8 search?
I know that I can easily search for a document -- provided I can remember what I named it or a non-common word it contains -- by ...
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Is there a way to access recent files in Windows 8? [duplicate]
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Is there a windows 8 equivalent of ‘Recent Items’/‘My Recent Documents’?
Is there a way to access recent files in Windows 8? It's one of the most-used/needed features ...
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Windows search, you should know that .flv files are videos
Windows Search does not appear to recognize flash video files as being video.
I frequently use Windows search to filter files in a folder. Occasionally I want to look for newly download video files ...
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Add an app to the Windows 8 app menu
If you go to start, then search in Windows 8, you see a list of applications (both desktop and Metro).
Many of the (desktop) applications I have running on my PC are not listed here however, because ...
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How can I search my Windows 7 machine for all files with alternate data streams?
I'm interested to see if any files on my system have any ADS (NTFS Alternate Data Stream).
At least the build-in file search on Window 7 Starter doesn't seem to have this option.
Is there a way with ...
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Is it possible to remove an app's results from Modern UI search on the start screen?
How can I remove all search items (for example emails) from a particular pre-installed Modern UI app when searching by typing on the start screen?
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Searching inside files in Windows 7
Yes, I've read other similar questions and no, none of the answers work for me, so I ask again:
How do I search for a string inside ALL files in Windows 7 with indexing turned OFF? Is it possible? ...
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Windows 7 Index Search does not work in Google Drive folder
I recently installed Google Drive on my Windows 7 laptop and began syncing all my files a few days ago. All was well until I needed to search for some documents in my local copy of Google Drive using ...
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How to get my Windows Search to Search in the start menu again in Windows 7 64-bit?
It seems like my indexer is indexing, and when I click "see more results" I actually get results. But in the start menu I get nothing when I type. It says Searching... and see more results.
What ...
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Windows Search Indexing SSD
I just bought a new SSD (Vertex4 from OCZ, 256G) and installed Windows 8 with it on my laptop. I am not using an external hard drive to keep extra data (paging, temp files etc) because I am using a ...
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Windows 7 search does not return results from indexed folders
I am experiencing this issue over and over again and I just cannot seem to find the answer. It doesn't make sense, but search simply does not return results from folders that certainly have these ...
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Search Any Folder or File in windows 7
I want to search user created file or Folder in windows7.. I have downloaded GOOGLE DESKTOP to search my files.. but it only searches Installed files included in ProgramFiles and Control Panel.. but i ...
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Outlook 2007: instant search not working
I have tried so many things to try to fix this problem with no results.
The machine is running Windows XP SP3 with Microsoft Office 2007 Standard.
What is happening is that the instant search not ...
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Force Windows 8 to search indexed files
When using search files in Windows 8 (win+f) I don't get expected results. For example, I installed VLC, it's in Program Files (86) folder, and that folder is selected for indexing. Search for files ...
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Index not running in Windows Ultimate 64 bit
I have tried all the suggestions to get the index started, but none work for me, in desperation, I have even done a Repair Re-Install, even that hasn't done the trick.
When I search, I get the yellow ...
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Windows 7 search stopped finding programs
My search function under the start menu has stopped finding programs and exes which although not disasterous is a bit annoying.
Doing the following
right click task bar -> properties -> start menu ...
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Mysteriously appearing search results
I am bothered by the following fact:
When I go to open the PowerShell ISE, I search for in home screen. For some reason, it does not show up until I finish typing the whole name (powershell_ise) and ...
