Searching for a file. Setting search options. Windows key. The Search charm. Next: Personalizing Your Start Screen. Looking at the available Kind filters reveals some very interesting ways that you can refine your search. If you click the query text in the Search box, a panel will appear that allows you to select one of the other Kind filters. If you know roughly the size of the file that you're searching for, you can use the Size filter Figure H to help you to narrow your search.
If you click the query text in the Search box, a panel will appear that allows you to select one of the other Size filters. If you select the Other properties filter, you can select some of the most common file properties. However, these filters work a bit differently that the others in that they require you to add information to the filter.
For instance, I selected Tags from the menu Figure I , and as you can see in the Search box, the name of the tags that I want to search for have to be manually entered right after the colon :. Recent searches essentially displays a history list of all your recent search operations Figure J. From the Advanced options menu Figure K , you can change which folders are indexed for fast searching or add non-indexed locations to a search operation.
For example, you can configure the tool to include the contents of System files and Zipped folders. All you have to do is click Save search, and save the search in the Search Connector folder Figure L. As you can see, saved searches appear in the Favorites section of the Navigation pane Figure M , so that you can easily run a search whenever you need to.
Selecting this command will open the folder containing the file that is currently selected. Selecting the Close search command will do exactly what it says -- it will close the Search tab and remove the results from the file pane. Have you used any of these Search filters or Search Tools? If so, what's your favorite feature? As always, if you have comments or information to share about this topic, please take a moment to participate in the discussion thread below. Greg Shultz is a freelance Technical Writer.
Navigate to the Desktop. You can get to the Windows 8. Open File Explorer. The shortcut icon is on the taskbar, unless you have moved it. Enter a search term in the search box. The search box is located in the upper right corner of the window. Laptop Mag.
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