Vista Search

mtroxmtrox Minnesota
edited April 2007 in Science & Tech
Today is about the third time I've searched help and Google trying to get Vista search to work better. I often search a folder for all the files that contain a word or phrase. I don't think you can do that in Vista. I end up copying the entire folder to my XP laptop and searching it there.
  1. Am I missing something obvious? Has Microsoft decided that is not a useful search?
  2. And if so, is there some "use classic search" kind of checkbox so I can make Vista search like XP?

Comments

  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited April 2007
    If the file is in an indexed location, it does it automagically. If it's not, you can click this button, and it will search inside the files.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited April 2007
    Thanks Swaip, I don't get that option. I have Home Premium. Do they actually give you a stripped down search engine in Home versus the higher versions?
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited April 2007
    If the location is already indexed, then the option doesn't come up. I know it's on in some folders by default (probably the documents folder).

    I'd be surprised if this was something that wasn't included in home premium (i have Vista business).

    edit-

    You can check to see what locations are indexed through the control panel (I just searched for 'index').
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited April 2007
    Grrrrrrrrrr............

    Me and Vista...its just going to be a rocky courtship.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited April 2007
    That's sorta how I feel. But the new minesweeper is AWESOME.
  • KentigernKentigern Milton Keynes UK
    edited April 2007
    :wave: Hi mtrox

    Try these MS links they might give you a better idea of searching Vista

    Searching for files

    Extra tips for finding files

    Works for all versions of Vista
    :)
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited April 2007
    Ya know Kent, I think my problem is that this is all kind of counter-intuitive if you have a long history of "con*.doc" kind of searches. Maybe it works. But I don't trust things unless I can open the hood and see the motor. So I do these Vista searches and get frustrated fast because I just don't trust them.

    I know I'm not the user that Vista, and that Google Desktop Search thing for that matter, is aimed at. It took me a while to get used to the fact that I always had to make sure that "search hidden files and folders" switch was checked on strange XP machines. Now it seems we're getting less control over searches.
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