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| 20 Oct 2010 | #1 |
| | Don't understand Windows 7 search! Right page1 shows my pics folder! Page 2 shows another folder! Page 3 yet another! Page 4 shows the results of a jpg search - and comes back with no items found! There obviously are jpegs there so why doesnt search find them! Some things seemed so much simpler before .... Annette Last edited by annette; 20 Oct 2010 at 02:23 PM.. |
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| 20 Oct 2010 | #2 |
| | Not sure of question. If you are having trouble with Search, are you Indexing? That is needed. This may help you... Search in Windows 7 |
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| 20 Oct 2010 | #3 |
| | I have now managed to upload my evidence - why does windows 7 search not simply find all the files called *.jpg in my pics folder? annette |
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| 20 Oct 2010 | #4 |
| | Hi, You might try these links for help. Windows Search Advanced Query Syntax Search in Windows 7 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/117952-search-have-more-accurate-search-results.html?ltr=S Last edited by Loki; 20 Oct 2010 at 02:31 PM.. Reason: corrected link oops... |
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| 20 Oct 2010 | #5 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by annette  I have now managed to upload my evidence - why does windows 7 search not simply find all the files called *.jpg in my pics folder? annette Last edited by mborner; 21 Oct 2010 at 08:28 AM.. |
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| 20 Oct 2010 | #6 |
| | If it's just about file searches, I rely on Everything It's faster than Windows search because it doesn't index file content. But of course, if you don't include drive D it won't find your pics there either. -DG |
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| 20 Oct 2010 | #7 |
| | Or, in your search results window, scroll to the end and under "search again in" click "computer" It will now search your entire system, including your D drive, albeit, a lot slower. |
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| 20 Oct 2010 | #8 |
| | Part of this is a slight issue with how Windows Search 4.0 works. Windows Search 4.0 is part of Windows 7's search function. Unless you tell it to index your different drives and it finally creates an index of those locations, it won't 'readily' see files you might be looking for. If you are also using Outlook or other MS products that might have relevant information, Windows Search will try to integrate into that (Outlook 2007, for instance, its 'quick search' for more 'defined' searching, requires Windows Search 4.0 to be installed AND needs time to create an index before you can actually use it to its full capability.) |
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| 22 Oct 2010 | #9 |
| | Just checked and D is in my indexing list! I have also run the indexing troubleshooter and that says all is a-ok! Annette |
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| 22 Oct 2010 | #10 |
| | I have just deleted and rebuilt the index - it took about a minute and only appeared to index 198 items! Annette |
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