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Modifying Windows 7 Search Behaviour
I've been searching high and low for some tutorial or little pieces of registry editing that can help with this issue, but i've had no luck.
My main problem with Windows 7 search is that it displays all results in a virtual search folder.
Opening a folder in those results will navigate to "Search Results\Folder\" instead of the actual location.
Creating a shortcut to that file will likewise point to "Search Results\File".
It's very awkward to explore and interact with files and folders within the search results without being able to navigate the folder structure they belong to.
Using third-party search programs, however more powerful than the native Windows search, only adds to that awkwardness, and i'd rather not be cluttering the shell with redundant search options.
Secondly, if you click on a folder you searched for and then go back to the Search Results the search will refresh. If you're searching an entire drive or a very large volume of files this is pretty annoying.
So i end up having to CTRL+RC+Open File Location on everything i search for to open in a new window and on its actual location.
If possible, to speed up the process, i'd like to change the Windows search behaviour to open all clicked results in a new window and on its actual location, so i can explore the tree structure depending on the task at hand and keep the Search Results open to eventually repeat that process on similar files.
Is there some way to achieve this through Regedit?
Last edited by lifemare; 09 Jul 2013 at 17:39.