Whatever happened to Search?

[RogerR]

Search is all f/u. Whatever happened to 'normal and advanced' search - that is other than the little box under the orb key?

I'm looking for .mbx files (mailbox) and know I have dozens of them, but Search says I have NONE.

I am also getting 'unable to connect to 127.0.0.x' errors.

 

[krazdkiller]

yes win 7 search is lacking. i have tested it with files i know i have and get told search found nothing.

 

[Tews]

open your explorer for your C: drive... enter *.mbx in the upper right hand searchbox and hit return...

 

[RogerR]

open your explorer for your C: drive... enter *.mbx in the upper right hand searchbox and hit return...

Thank you.

Why oh why does the Great Orb of Almighty M$ not do this natively? Shall all who search here yield to google desktop and be done?

 

[Brink]

Hello Roger,

In additon, this may be able to help some as well.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/36599-search-windows-7-a.html

 

[Zidane24]

Straight from the mouth of Shawn Brink in his tutorial...

...ONLY files that have been INDEXED will be brought forth in search through the Start Menu

This is why the results are lacking from there...

 

[RogerR]

All my drives are set to allow indexing ... :sarc:

 

[garysgold]

Setting them to allow indexing doesn't mean they are being indexed. Contol Panel (all items)/Indexing options. Click on modify and set up what is/isn't indexed.

 

[RogerR]

Contol Panel (all items)/Indexing options. Set up what is/isn't indexed.

Saw that in the tutorial and good advice. I thought I had previously set these options but maybe a reboot / restore reset them.

 

[Zidane24]

...and would be the same for me...AND also the same inability to search throughly...

ex. I installed Img Burn on my machine...it's executable is named ImgBurn.exe. If I input that in the start menu it won't find anything but an explorer search will...

Conclusion? The start menu search is basic searching that is only designed to find start menu apps/control panel apps/settings/user files and folders/emails/basic stuff that doesn't require an indepth search

 

[SIW2]

This is easier , faster and doesn't spend ages indexing ( it only searches for whole or part filenames, or extensions - not file contents)

Everything Search Engine

 

[RogerR]

Conclusion? The start menu search is basic searching that is only designed to find start menu apps/control panel apps/settings/user files and folders/emails/basic stuff that doesn't require an indepth search

Add in that searching from C: requires additional effort to search more than just C:\ and MS is really ceding the high ground in search, even in its own flagship offering. They still don't get it.

 

[krazdkiller]

i don't think the issue is rather files / folder are or are not indexed. the fact of the matter rather files are indexed or not search should find them. granted indexed files / folders should searched first by the os, and then the non indexed files / folds searched. if i am looking for a file that i know i have 7 should find it. i have noticed quite a few times in 7 indexed and non indexed files not being found by search, and ended up manually searching for them. vista always found the file i was looking for. plus you have the fact that indexing is more for people who search their system a lot. i keep mind quite organized and rarely have to do a search, so i do not have a need to index everything for search as it eats resources big time.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

I wish i can get the XP search back .. I really like that ..

Unable to Connect to Host is refering to your Host file
Check whether it has right Host IP

Go To
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc there Host open with Notepad and the Last line should say
127.0.0.1 localhost

 

[unifex]

I should note, that while it takes more that one click, it's still possible to search from the start menu. I use search rarely, but if do I simply type what I'm searching for in the start menu search box. Then an explorer window pops up with search results. Indeed, the results would only come from indexed locations. However, these results - or lack thereof - take only seconds to appear. Then I click on the Custom link which brings me to the advanced search where I can specify the locations to be searched. These should not necessarily be indexed. This works rather well for me, but basically I am just not used to using the explorer own search box. But at least it finds what I want it to find. I can't remember any cases where I knew the file existed and the custom search would not find it.

 

[garysgold]

Conclusion? The start menu search is basic searching that is only designed to find start menu apps/control panel apps/settings/user files and folders/emails/basic stuff that doesn't require an indepth search

Don't know as I agree. I do searches from the start menu for contents of my word docs on occasion and they are always found as long as I don't use too common keywords. Usually in just a few seconds. I do have everything indexed though.

 

[krazdkiller]

Conclusion? The start menu search is basic searching that is only designed to find start menu apps/control panel apps/settings/user files and folders/emails/basic stuff that doesn't require an indepth search

Don't know as I agree. I do searches from the start menu for contents of my word docs on occasion and they are always found as long as I don't use too common keywords. Usually in just a few seconds. I do have everything indexed though.

agree. i have imgburn on my stystem, and i went to start menu search and it found imgburn.exe without any problem.

 

[Zidane24]

Conclusion? The start menu search is basic searching that is only designed to find start menu apps/control panel apps/settings/user files and folders/emails/basic stuff that doesn't require an indepth search

Don't know as I agree. I do searches from the start menu for contents of my word docs on occasion and they are always found as long as I don't use too common keywords. Usually in just a few seconds. I do have everything indexed though.

agree. i have imgburn on my stystem, and i went to start menu search and it found imgburn.exe without any problem.

Could you tell me your search settings...this isn't working for me for some reason and I am on a fresh install

 

[skippyhdog]

Heres how to get to search

Press: "Windows Button" + 'f'

 

[krazdkiller]

all i do if i have to search for something is navigate to the drive i believe the file is on and type the name in the search bar. if i get a prompt to index i do. in 7 i rarely go to the start menu search. so i really do nothing but use the basic search just as it was setup during the install of 7.