Changing Windows Search's default "Look in" Folder

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Scott Meyers

The "Look in:" part of Windows search defaults to "Local Hard Drives," but the
drop-down menu has a number of other predefined locations, e.g., "My Documents,"
"Desktop," etc. Is there a way to modify this list? I never want to search any
of the "My" folders, because I don't use them, and I frequently want to search
using a root folder of d:\Work\PPT. Is there some way for me to change the
default search location to d:\Work\PPT and ideally to get rid of all the "My"
chaff from the list?

I tried saving a query that searched in d:\Work\PPT, but double-clicking on that
file resulted in a search from "Local Hard Drives". (The file name and contents
I'd specified for the search were correctly restored, but not the "Look in"
location.)

Is there some way to make Windows search work the way I want it to?

Thanks,

Scott
 
Open Search from the folder that you want to search in.

Open d:\Work\PPT, for example, hit Ctrl + F, the Look in box will
automatically have that folder in it.

Instead of Ctrl + F you can click Sherlock Holmes' magnifying glass on the
toolbar.

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Wes
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Wesley said:
Open Search from the folder that you want to search in.

Open d:\Work\PPT, for example, hit Ctrl + F, the Look in box will
automatically have that folder in it.

Instead of Ctrl + F you can click Sherlock Holmes' magnifying glass on
the toolbar.

Thanks for the suggestion. It's a definite improvement. I'd still prefer to be
able to change the default search location for Start>Search>For Files or
Folders..., but I've created a shortcut to open an explorer window on the proper
directory, and once I've clicked on that, I can use ^F or the search icon from
there.

Thanks again.

Scott
 
You can also type or paste the path to the folder that you want in the Look
in box. I never tried that before. ;-)

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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