Changing the View to Details will only show the path for each result if you also enable it: right click in the column heading row, select "more" and scroll down to "path". This shows the full path to each result - so you don't have to do the 'open file location' to see it. It persists for subsequent searches.
-BlueKiwi
I know this is an old thread, and OP likely does not care any more, but it was a little interesting. When a search process results in a folder, now and then, what I want is to work with that folder in its proper place on the folder tree, not as a search result.
What worked for me, was to add an "Explorer.exe" shortcut to the SendTo list, now when search results in a folder that I want to open, I can right-click the folder icon, and "send it" to Explorer.
Thank you for this, periboob. I really needed a solution to this problem; I'm frequently searching for one folder among hundreds at my job (if I weren't, I probably wouldn't need to search for it, right?) -- and then sending the full paths via email to coworkers -- so "Open Containing Folder" is pretty much the same thing as not having found it at all. There are workarounds, but honestly. Why on earth would Windows have this as a feature? Does anybody ever really require a static "this is what I searched for" folder?
Once you've used "Open Containing Folder", you can go into the folder that you have searched for, and then right-click on the address bar of explorer, and select "Copy address as text".
From there you can paste it into an e-mail if you like, or do whatever you want with it. No need for workarounds or special send-to shortcuts...
How is there not a way to do this - this is the dumbest "feature" I've found to date...
"Open file location" when you click on a folder opens the folder you just searched (not the one you found.. the one you searched)... useless! might as well just use the old fashion method of manually looking for what you're looking for.
The only work-o-round I've found is to RDP into a windows XP box and use THAT to search said folder to get results and open the folder.
The reason I need this ability is to copy the path into my clipboard to paste it somewhere else. For instance, I want to e-mail my boss the path location of a given file or folder...
Tell me wht your boss would tell you when you give him this:
search-ms:displayname=Search%20Results%20in%20Walk%20Out%20Packages%20-%20Hotels%20Data&crumb=System.Generic.String%3A(la%20jolla)&crumb=location:O%3A%5CWi-Fi%5CWalk%20Out%20Packages%20-%20Hotels%20Data
After search results in Win 7, Right click on file and get option Open file location, then press Shift and then click on Open file location and a new window will open with the file highlighted and the search results window will also remain intact like in Windows XP. Thanks to solution provided in
Windows 7 Annoyances: Tips, Secrets, and Solutions - David A. Karp - Google Books
After search results in Win 7, Right click on file and get option Open file location, then press Shift and then click on Open file location and a new window will open with the file highlighted and the search results window will also remain intact like in Windows XP. Thanks to solution provided in
Windows 7 Annoyances: Tips, Secrets, and Solutions - David A. Karp - Google Books
After search results in Win 7, Right click on file and get option Open file location, then press Shift and then click on Open file location and a new window will open with the file highlighted and the search results window will also remain intact like in Windows XP. Thanks to solution provided in
Windows 7 Annoyances: Tips, Secrets, and Solutions - David A. Karp - Google Books
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