file search

I purchased a computer "open box" at a retail store. Everything seems to be working OK, but whenever I save or download a file using IE8 I can't find it!. It doesn't matter where I save in the save as window the file cannot be found even by the search. BTW if I use the Chrome browser everything...

I have a folder with 85,893 files, according to the folder Properties tab and my memory of its contents. However, Windows Explorer is currently showing just 1490 files, which appear to be the first 1490 alphabetically. AC Browser Plus finds 1811 files at the beginning of the alphabet, Bulk...

# windows7tip Windows 7's search box can quickly find apps and file names, but it could be more helpful. Make it so by enabling Windows to always index the contents of your files, so you can find your shopping list by typing "tomatoes." More*» More...

Overwhelmed by the information storm, in the web sphere, I still didn't get it how to perform an old fashioned file search. I was looking for a file (extend.dat) in the Users folders and used Search to achieve this but it would not return any match, using the name: filter, wildcards, partial...

Hi All, Let me inform you first about what ive already tried: 1. Changed indexing folder 2. Rebuilding 3. Googleing 4. Searching this forum 5. Restarted Windows Search service 6. Removed shareing for Users folder 6. Ensured all folders i want indexed have System security on it with...

hi, i guess this issue if for microsoft gurus... when i try to use windows search to search for files, it seems like it isn't searching at all, cause no reading from the hard disk drive is taken place. here is a bit of info of my machine and the settings i've checked. windows 7 ultimate x64...

I have aDell Studio XPS with Windows 7 and 64 something. Most of my files disappeared. I tried search - no luck. I have an external backup drive but installed it after the files went missing. Thanks for any suggestions.

Greetings! I just upgraded from WinXP to Windows 7. I have a folder with a lot of files that have either plus or minus/dashes ("-") in the file name, sometimes more than one. For example, some filenames might be: Matterhorn +++.wmv Space Mountain ++-.avi Star Tours +.mp3 Star Tours (second...

Greetings! I just upgraded from WinXP to Windows 7. I have a folder with a lot of files that have either plus or minus/dashes ("-") in the file name, sometimes more than one. For example, some filenames might be: Matterhorn +++.wmv Space Mountain ++-.avi Star Tours +.mp3 Star Tours (second...

Hi I was missing a shortcut to IE on my VM (xp mode) so I created a shortcut using the wizard on my virtual machine. The name was IEplorer.exe. I renamed it in windows 7 to find it the easy way to internet explorer. But I have the following issue when I type in 'search programs and files' box...

Windows 7 File Search Indexing Options The built-in search feature in Windows 7 is significantly better than the horrible search options in Windows XP. Instead of installing a third-party program like Google Desktop to search for files on inside files on your computer, you can now do it with...

Ok so I just notice a lot of my backed up files have all of a sudden gone missing from my NTFS non-system partition folder D:\Downloads\ . The folder itself was not entirely emptied however. If I go to the folder either in Windows 7 or Ubuntu from the same PC, the folder appears to be missing...

Hello everybody. How do I find all the file named "whatever.exe" in my comuter? And the drives and paths they are in? Like in window XP. Don Cole

First, I searched and gave up. Here's the deal. Movers killed my PC so I built a new one yesterday and installed Win7. I have my old boot drive backed up using Acronis and I'd like to find my .pst files from Outlook along with my browser bookmarks. I had no luck searching manually through the...

Hi all, I'm new to windows 7, and I've been experiencing some search problem: I have a folder full of file on which I used to do filename search. 1. In windows 7, I have only "date" and "size" filter option in the search bar, when I open that folder (NTFS under Documents of my HOME): Link...

This is probably a really easy-to-solve problem, but to me a very annoying one. Win 7 has done something with its files that makes it more difficult to find them in certain occations. Say for ex that I have done an ordinary search via Start on the whole computer to find an old document that I...

win 7 64bit freezes when click music library it seems to be searching for the files in the library but could never finish. Disk light keeps on flashing and the windows almost freezes, not responding or respond very late and slow. Could anyone help me? I appreciate it.

Well, it started with an UAC alert asking if I would allow "jucheck.exe" to make changes to my computer, and me being concerned about the fact that the Publisher was "unknown". I did some internet searching, and couldn't decide what to do. Some forums say it's ok because even though UAC...

Hey, whenever i type something into the search bar on the top right in window explorer, nothing happens. It usually gives a bunch of files that has something related to what i typed in the box. Now nothing happens when i type it in. Even when i do enter. Please help

I am having trouble searching for files on my Windows Home Server using Win 7 Clients. In Windows explorer, when you enter a name to be searched in the search bar (at the end of the address bar), nothing is shown - it does appear to be searching as the address bar gradually turns green, but...