Faster search tips in Windows 10

With a large number of folders in your computer, using the search function is much more feasible than opening each folder and searching for files. Especially for those who can't remember where they are on the computer, the search engine will become a great assistant for you. In this article, we will introduce you tips when working with search engines on Windows 10, helping users to make the most of this tool's functionality.

1. Use the first letter to search:

This feature is quite useful when we want to find any folder, file from text, video or even the program running on the computer. With names that are too long and you can't remember, just remember the first letter of a program or file, then type in the search bar of your computer. Results containing letters will appear one after another in the search results.

If the name consists of 2 or more words, you need to type the characters that start with spaces. If you type immediately, the computer will automatically consider it as a search word.

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2. Attach the search bar to the Taskbar:

In case the computer does not display the search bar available on the taskbar, we can follow these steps:

Step 1:

Right-click in the blank on the taskbar.

Step 2:

Next, select Search or Cortana, if not found.

Step 3:

Finally click Show Search Box .

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If you can't find Show Search Box, you need to adjust taskbar with larger size. We right-click on the taskbar, select Properties and then uncheck the box in Use small taskbar buttons . Click OK to save.

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3. Use filters to limit your search:

Windows has a feature to search and sort by icons that users need to search. For example, you just want to find keywords related to the image, when clicking on the image icon, the result will produce images that match the keywords you are looking for.

In addition, users can type more filter types before your keywords according to the filter name path >: . Or we will click on the icon of each filter and then type the keyword. Filters include apps, settings, files, folders, images, videos.

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For example, if I want to find a video named How to send a large Like button in a Facebook message, I will type in the search field as a video: how to use the like to button in Facebook to search. The result will appear as shown below.

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4. Customize Windows search location:

Users can fully control the search folder on Windows, by removing that directory from the search list. This will help search work faster, focus on the right directory to search without spending time with unnecessary places. We will follow these steps:

Step 1:

In the search box , type Indexing Options and click on the found result.

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Step 2:

At the new window interface, you will see a list of search locations indexed by Windows. We click on Modify .

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Step 3:

The new interface appears, here you will remove the folders that do not want the computer to find it . Finally click OK to finish.

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5. Search in File Explorer:

When we search in File Explorer, the search speed will be much faster than the regular search. As soon as you enter the search keyword at the search tab in File Explorer, the results will appear at a fairly fast rate for the user.

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In addition, we can also choose by date, size, file, file type when clicking right-click to appear the setting panel, select Sort by and we can choose to sort the results according to creation date, size, file type, .

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The keywords we used to search were also saved, forming lists. And if you want to use it again, just click on that keyword.

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6. Search by phrase: AND, OR, NOT, .

When we do a search in File Folder, we can use additional phrases or accents to make search results more accurate. For example, " AND " means " and ", " OR " means " or ", " NOT " means " no ", quotes indicate the correct word you type.

my AND : find the files containing these two keywords in any folder in the machine.

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my OR song : find the file containing the my keyword or song. Any file containing this keyword is displayed.

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my NOT song : find files with my keywords but do not contain them.

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System.FileName: ~ = "my" : find the file containing my. System.FileName means searching in the file name, not in the content. The sign ~ = means to contain, and quotation marks mean to find this phrase correctly.

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I wish you all success!