Searching for file by name

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John M. Hunt

I am a newcomer to Vista. In XP I could quickly fine a file, for example,
named "Orient Express" by using Flag F, all files and folders, then simply
entering Orient or any fragment of the title. Very shortly thereafter a
received a complete list of all files (anywhere in the computer) that
contained the specified text fragment in their titles.

I am almost certainly being blind to progress but will someone please detail
the EXACT sequence of entries to achieve this same search objective in Vista
Home Premium 32 bit.
 
I am a newcomer to Vista. In XP I could quickly fine a file, for example,
named "Orient Express" by using Flag F, all files and folders, then simply
entering Orient or any fragment of the title. Very shortly thereafter a
received a complete list of all files (anywhere in the computer) that
contained the specified text fragment in their titles.

I am almost certainly being blind to progress but will someone please detail
the EXACT sequence of entries to achieve this same search objective in Vista
Home Premium 32 bit.
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It can be both easier and more complicated depending on how you
search.

The easy way is just click on the Start globe and begin to type the
file name in the space provided. A list should start getting build
almost immediately and you can click on any link generated. The new
part is both files and programs are found by this method.

Advanced searches often given incomplete or misleading results. For
just file name searches works pretty well. For searching file content
lots of luck, at best hit or miss.

By default advanced searches only look in indexed locations... the
places Windows thinks or hope you put your files. You can easily
change this to search "everywhere" and include hidden and non indexed
locations. You can also change what folders Vista indexes. You can
also restrict searching to classes like look only in documents, only
scan pictures, set up tags, etc.. This topic is well covered in
Vista's build in help.
 
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