folder search

  1. Windows 10 Windows 10 keeps performing search in folder after clicking show desktop

    Hi, it's been a while since I posted here, I used to post when on Windows 7. I would be grateful if anyone can help me with the following W10 search issue: If I open a folder and initiate a search in the search bar at top right, once the search has completed, if I then hit the back button, then...
  2. Discover 'Everything': The Ultimate Windows Search Engine for Instant File Results

    Mike submitted a new resource: Everything - A Windows search engine that provides instant results of all files on your PC. Read more about this resource...
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    Windows 7 Is there a way to modify Windows 7 to have a contextual right click file / folder search capability

    Is there a way to modify Windows 7 to have a contextual right click file / folder search capability like Windows XP has?? The search function in Windows 7 is neither quick nor easy. I don't know what Microsoft thought they were accomplishing by eliminating the WinXP search capability. Is that...
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    Windows 7 Newly saved/created files missing after restart

    I try to search them but nothing is coming up and then I saved/created again but the computer tells me "another file with that name already existed..." but I don't seem them anywhere in the folder. What is happening?
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    Windows 7 Find Folder

    Search for folder - [no joy in the discussion thread, so thought I'd try here] This seems really simple, and makes me feel pretty stupid, but I want to search for folders with a certain name without getting all the contents of the folders in the search results. I've tried just entering the...
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    Windows 7 Search for folder

    This seems really simple, and makes me feel pretty stupid, but I want to search for folders with a certain name without getting all the contents of the folders in the search results. I've tried just entering the folder name, I've tried the 'foldername:' property, I've tried using the...
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    Windows 7 Searching for files that have brackets in the filenames

    How does one search within a folder for files that include a "[" in their filename? For instance, when I want to search for all files that have "[a" in the filename, Windows 7 search ignores the bracket and instead returns all filenames that contain a word that begins with "A" instead. This has...
  8. Windows 7 Win 7 Equivalent of Vista Advanced Search

    Several times each week under Vista, I would search 4 of 16 folders under a master data folder for all files that were modified in those 4 folders on one specific day. This was an easy one-step operation using Vista's Advanced Search capability. I selected the four folders with the Browse...
  9. Windows 7 Add Context Menu item for Agent Ransack

    I just did a clean install of Windows 7 RTM 64-bit a few hours ago. I installed an old (but good) piece of software, Agent Ransack. It installed correctly, and runs okay too. But normally there is a context menu item for Agent Ransack when right-clicking on a folder. This allows you to...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 Search doesn't work

    I have Win 7 RC installed and I have found out that the search does not work at all. When I write a file or folder name and press the search arrow NOTHING really happens. The fact is that sometimes, under certain conditions or wrong options Windows does not show the propper search result. But in...