![]() You're exploring in the folder, you can choose "Tools / Folder Options" go to the "Search" tab and select "Always search file names and contents". Alternately, if you press the "Alt" key when ![]() Depending on some other settings you may have to type "content: spam" to find "spam" *in* the files instead of files with the word "spam" in the name. Actually perform your search on the folder in question. On whether you find the file in non-indexed locations as well.į. I know this appears to be for file indexing, but it does seem to make a difference Make sure the file extension for the files you want to search in is on the list *and* is set to "Index Properties and File Contents" (yes, pick your jaw up off the floor). Hit the start button and type "search" in the search box.Į. Make sure that Windows 7 is actually going to search files with your extension, and it appears that using this list properly is important *whether or not you are looking in an indexed location*!!Ī. ![]() Here are all the steps I think you need to follow to actually search:ġ. However, if you were to rename the file to whatever.xyz, it will no longer find the word. Will be found if it is in a whatever.doc file, or whatever.txt file. For example, if you look for the word "spam", it I think the difference in whether Windows search works or not depends on the FILE EXTENSION which contains your search text. I've been looking into this because I know the search has been failing for me.
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