While the option has existed in previous versions of Windows in a different place, the new Cortana features may make file searching much more useful. Previous to Windows 10 I was able to search the contents of all files in a folder for a specific phrase by hitting control F, choosing the option to search for a phrase, and simply typing the phrase into the search box.
In Windows 10 I have discovered how to search the content of the files instead of just the file names by starting my search with content:. However, if what I am searching for is a phrase instead of just a single word it finds all files with any of the words in the phrase instead of the entire phrase intact.
Well then I will use my solution and you can go along and feel superior with yours. Wednesday, June 12, PM. Edited by mystifeid Thursday, June 13, AM. So someone at Microsoft decided that between beta and live the best thing they could do would be to make the search function useless? Guess I'll be googling "Agent Ransack" next! Saturday, June 29, AM. Proposed as answer by rlpjr87 Tuesday, July 10, PM.
Friday, March 21, PM. Hope this gets fixed or an alternative provided by Microsoft someday. Sunday, May 4, PM. Again, thank you! Wednesday, May 7, PM. Donahue 1. From the link provided by Mystifeid In the search window: filename:"Search Term" Or if there are no spaces in the filename filename:Search-Term Any filename that contains your search term will be displayed, and it is infinitely faster than searching all file contents.
Thursday, June 5, AM. So even if I try some of the stock features: - such as type it doesn't show all types, so I can search for JPG files but I can't search for AVI files because it's not on the list - such as modified date the search results are woefully incomplete I have cygwin installed and I get better results with the "find" command.
Tuesday, October 21, PM. I too have over 4 decades of IT experience. In the search box, use filename:"pension" The quotes seems to strip out all the automatic wildcard, but not explicit ones so if, for example, you wanted to search for the files where the name starts with pension and ends.
Wednesday, November 26, PM. Well guess what, I didn't know there was an advanced search. Why wasn't this given as an option earlier? Sunday, August 21, PM. When you click on the column header the search results are reordered based on that column. To get the top results back again. Right click on the column header and check the box for "search ranking" then sort by that column.
Monday, October 17, PM. Look at this article in HowToGeek and will lead you in the right direction. Thursday, March 23, AM. Sunday, May 7, PM. Change to the base directory of your search, e. Friday, July 7, PM. I guess we can all agree that there are lots of differing opinions about the Windows 7 search. It was interesting to note it took someone 9 months to post a succinct answer: filename: I've taken note of that keyword as I'm always frustrated by Windows 7 search.
Tuesday, March 20, AM. See this page under the heading "Using keywords to refine a search" More info here Please also read the comments at the bottom of that page - esp the one titled "Lengthy discussion of a related topic " This is not really helpful. Tuesday, November 6, PM. I search with 1 , all file name contain "1" show up. Wednesday, March 13, PM. After almost exactly six years I give you the succinct and correct answer that works on any Windows 7 system: system.
Edited by hayos Tuesday, June 4, AM typo. Tuesday, June 4, AM. Select your preferred file type. Scroll through the list of file types near the top of the window until you find the one that you want to use, then click the file type's name to select it. Check the "Index Properties and File Contents" box. This option is below the "How should this file be indexed? Click OK. It's at the bottom of the window.
Doing so will save your changes and close the window. You should now be able to search for your selected file type both by title and by contents. Change your keywords. Windows search isn't like Google. If you are searching, let's say, "password" and no results come up, try "passcode.
Not Helpful 29 Helpful This is not working on Windows 7; maybe my Trend Micro software is blocking it. What could I do? Windows search is often not working well, you can try other tools, such as docfetcher, anytxt, dtsearch, etc. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 1. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.
After updating your indexing options, you may have to wait some time before your results will appear as expected, as Windows must rebuild its index with the contents of the new files. Restarting your computer may help expedite the process. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. You may also add additional folders to the list of indexed locations from the Indexing Options window.
Enable file contents-searching may dramatically slow down your computer. This is because your computer must now search within each file as opposed to scanning only the files' titles. Helpful 3 Not Helpful 0. You Might Also Like How to. How to. About This Article. Written by:. Co-authors: Updated: March 5, Categories: Windows 7. Article Summary X 1. Deutsch: Windows7 nach Dateiinhalten durchsuchen.
Nederlands: Zoeken op inhoud in Windows 7. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 1,, times. Reader Success Stories Kelly E. Feb 1, I had the printed version, so knew content words. This article helped me enable content-based searching, and I found the doc within 10 seconds! More reader stories Hide reader stories. Is this article up to date? Cookies make wikiHow better.
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