How can I search in Windows 7

If you download a piece of software and then try searching in Windows 7, I almost never get a response-why microsoft does not have software that works? I can never find what I need even if not look for the downloaded software. Looks like a big waste of time. Why Microsoft constantly wasting my time?

By default, Windows search only within files if the location is indexed (so he can return almost instant results). You can tell Windows to do intensive research (just as XP would have).

  1. Open the Folder Options (type 'file' in the start menu to find).
  2. In the Search tab, click option 2 ("always search file names and contents '), and then click OK.
After that, the use of quotes search expression inside files should work, even in unindexed locations.  Searches can take a long time (like XP) but they'll be complete and should return the results you want.
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A note more:  If the location is indexed, but your sentence is not be found... this to make sure that the file type is get indexed.  Follow these steps, for example, if you try to find a phrase inside a file non-standard as a JavaScript or PHP:
  1. Type "index" in your Start menu and find the Indexing Options, and then click the Advanced button.
  2. On the File Types tab, find the file type you want to be indexed (Tip: click in the list, and then type the file type as JS letters to jump to it).
  3. With the selected file type, make sure that the 2nd option is selected "Index Properties and file contents", and then click OK to close each dialog.
I think these two tuning changes would solve 90% of the frustrations of research people usually have with Windows 7.  Please let me know if this helps for you.

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