search functionality

Microsoft has officially announced an exciting suite of features for its Copilot+ laptops, intended to elevate the user experience for Windows 11. The rollout of the much-anticipated 24H2 update kicks off today and is set to extend throughout the next two months. Amid this wave of innovation...

Windows 11 has stirred conversations among its users, not just for what it offers, but for the features many feel have taken a backseat in the upgrade. Recently published reflections echoed by users across various forums reveal a shared sentiment: while the operating system remains a staple on...

Introduction Windows 11, touted by Microsoft as a significant evolution of its operating system, has had a turbulent journey since its release. As the deadline for Windows 10 support approaches, many users find themselves hesitant to upgrade to this new version. And who can blame them? From...

In a significant development for Windows users, Stardock's Start11, a widely-used customization tool for the Windows Start menu, has announced its support for ARM processors on both Windows 11 and Windows 10. This move opens up new possibilities for users adopting the latest ARM-based Windows...

(Newcomer to this forum) Basically, trying to ‘save to a target folder’ or ‘open from a target folder’ goes to the Desktop folder instead of the target folder. Examples: Enter a file name in desktop search bar. List of possible files, desired file is in a target folder within another folder...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1037 and Build 22623.1037 (KB5021304) to the Beta Channel. This will be our last Beta Channel flight for the holidays. We’ll be back with new builds in January 2023! Build 22623.1037= New features rolling out...

(https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2022/11/11.png%5B/IMG Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25236 to the Dev Channel, bringing a plethora of improvements and bug fixes. This build is primarily aimed at testing the servicing pipeline but also...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22471 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR Build Expiration Reminder: We have updated the build expiration for Dev Channel builds starting with Build 22468 to be 9/15/2022. Previous Dev Channel builds from the RS_PRERELEASE...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21382 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. What’s new in Build 21382 Bringing HDR support to color managed apps HDR mode changes the behavior of some creative and artistic apps that use International Color...

Hey guys! My Cortana on my Win 10 desktop seemed to work fine up till yesterday, since when, Cortana is unable to reply to simple chat questions. I mean, if I would ask, " Hey Cortana! What's up?", she'd have usually told me about this day in history, but since yesterday, she only says stuff...

Consider an example directory containing: IMG_0209.JPG IMG_0210.JPG Some_PDF-numKK.pdf If I want to find the pdf, and happen to remember that it had "numKK" in the filename, I might reasonably search "numKK" and expect to find it. In practice though, this will return 0 results. A search for...

Hi If you click search from the start button right click menu it opens a search panel on the right side of the screen. It has 3 categories, Everywhere, Files and Settings. If I type in the word "Lucy" (I picked Lucy because it's my animated character and there are a lot of files like Lucy...

I've been working on this Reddit app for Windows 8. I call it Redditopia. It started as a quick weekend project to teach myself the WinRT programming model. But after I bought my first tablet(Surface RT), I kept craving that one more feature and have now spent more weekends(and nights) on this...

For the last 3 years I've been successfully copying all my data including Outlook.pst file from my Win 7 desktop to my XP laptop. The data is transferred from PC to laptop by Synctoy 2.1 which is really quick and easy and of course only adds, deletes or overwrites new or modified files. The...

Have just installed Windows 8 developer preview (64 bit) on my laptop. For some reason the metro UI (block interface) is completely invisible - I can launch apps by clicking on the seemingly empty screen. I can search for apps by typing just fine, but the main block interface just won't...

My Internet Explorer won't load any of my favorites when I click on them. It loads fine when I type something in the address bar. Searches also work fine. What's going on?

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...

Hello, In the Windows Explorer, if I click on "Libraries" nothing shows up - it appears empty. However, if I search for a file I know to be in Libraries, I can find it via the search window. If I look at its location in the search, it certainly looks like the file is in the right...

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...

Well, darn. I did a search of this forum first before addressing my question. Got 11 pages of hits, but I still couldn't find an answer nor the actual question asked LOL. Question. I like the Run command but with Win 7, it isn't part of the Start menu. I would like to "pin" it to Start. I can...