Joe Grover said:
I'm poking around in Vista and cannot find how to do a search for *.xls in
a specific folder, and look for documents containing particular text.
Could someone point me in the right direction?
Windows provides several ways to find files and folders. There is no one
best way to search; you can use different methods for different situations.
The Search folder is a good choice when:
a.. You don't know where a file or folder is located.
b.. You want the search results to include files from more than one
folder, such as Pictures and Music.
c.. You want to search by using more than a single file name or file
property.
By default, this search is based on a set of locations called Indexed
Locations. This includes all of the folders in your personal folder (which
includes Documents, Pictures, Music, Desktop, and other common locations),
e-mail, and offline files. If you commonly store files in different
locations, you can add those locations to Indexed Locations. For more
information, see Improve Windows searches using the index: frequently asked
questions.
1.. Click to open Search.
2.. Type a word or part of a word in the Search box.
As you type, files from a variety of locations on your computer will
appear that match your text.
3.. Now do any of the following in the Search pane:
a.. Click one of the available filter buttons to show only certain kinds
of files, such as E-mail, Documents, Pictures, or Music.
b.. Click the Advanced Search button to show additional filters. To
build a more advanced search, enter information in any of the list boxes,
and then click the Search button.
c.. Click an item in the Location list to choose a different set of
locations for your search. The default search is Indexed Locations, but you
can choose to search an entire hard disk or any other location.
For more information about creating a search using the Search folder, see
Tips for finding files.
Tips
a.. The default search, Indexed Locations, is usually the best way to
search. Because these locations are indexed, the search is very fast, and it
includes all of the most common places for storing files.
a.. You can use the location called Everywhere to perform a thorough
search of your entire computer. When you search Everywhere, you will quickly
get results from Indexed Locations, and then results from outside the index
will slowly appear as the rest of your computer is searched.
" , I dont know the name so I leave it blank, The file has no tags.