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How to Save a Search in Windows 7
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How to Save a Search in Windows 7

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If you often perform a search for a certain group of files, then this will show you how to save your search so you can open the saved search at anytime to see the most current search results using the same settings as the original search. When you save a search, you don't have to fine-tune the search settings and filters the next time you want to use it.



Here's How:
1. Open and perform a search in Windows Explorer.
NOTE: Just for an example, searching for all .bmp files on the C: drive.

2. When the search is complete, click on Save search on the toolbar. (See screenshot below)
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3. In the File Name box, type in a name for the search that will make it easy to know what it is for, then click on the Save button. (See screenshot below)
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4. By default the saved search itself will be saved in the C:\Users\(user-name)\Searches folder. (See screenshots below)
NOTE: To delete the saved search, right click on it at these locations and click on Delete like any other file.
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5. A shortcut to the saved search will also be added to the Favorites section of the navigation pane. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: To remove the save search from the Favorites section only, right click on it and click on Remove.
Save a Search-step3c.jpg
6. You can now open the saved search from any of these locations anytime you want to perform the same search again to help make it easier.
That's it,
Shawn





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11 Feb 2010   #1
zzzmuzz

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
 
 

Ah yes....but how can I save a search to a library. For example I have done a search on all items with "niche" in them and want to add them to a library. If the results resided in just a few folders it would be straightforward to add these folders manually to the new library I have created. But is there any way I can add the results of a search to a (new) library?



Thanks
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12 Feb 2010   #2
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
 
 

Hello zzzmuzz, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yes. You can right click on the C:\Users\(user-name)\Searches folder, and click on Include in Library and Create new Library to create a new Search library with the saved searched referenced in it. This way anytime you save a search in the C:\Users\(user-name)\Searches folder, it will also be in the library automatically.

If you have saved searches in other folders, then you can include them in the new Searches library folder as well if you like.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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13 Feb 2010   #3
zzzmuzz

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
 
 
Search added to Library

Thanks Brink. I can do a work around with the info you provided, however, my search folder "Searches" has four search folders in it. I can not do an "include in library" from the relevant folder. I can do an "include in library" from the "Searches" folder but that includes ALL of the searches as a library.

Neither can I do it with an individual search folder the other way around, namely, working from the Libraries.. ie Specific Library/Properties. This will not allow the addition of a search folder.

As a work around, I have done an "Include in Library" of "Searches" - and then deleted the ones I dont want. It still looks a bit odd with a Library called Searches, with a subfolder called Searches and then at the next level, my library folder, "nicheinfo"

Have I got this right?

Thanks again for your assistance.
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13 Feb 2010   #4
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
 
 

You're most welcome zzzmuzz.

That sounds about right, but you can change the Arrange by to Names instead in the library to have it listed differently.

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