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  • I'd really suggest Cygwin in this case if you're already familiar with Linux or want an extremely powerful search program. Using the find command is just invaluable. You can also use regular expressions with the find command. You can achieve what you want with something like this: find /cygdrive/c/ -iname '*file name to search*' -depth 1
    – Nitrodist
    Commented Jul 11, 2010 at 1:40
  • I need to be able to do this on others' Win7 machines. Commented Jul 11, 2010 at 1:44
  • The Windows 7 Search won't let you search all of C:\WINDOWS. Even the wonderful Search Everything Engine fails there. Feel good: It's in the name of security & stability.
    – harrymc
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 12:38
  • @Nitrodist: find is available on Windows, but it's *nix's grep.
    – Hello71
    Commented Aug 29, 2010 at 18:26
  • How can I feel good when I want to find my code on my drive, or someone else's lost doc or py file on their Win7 drive, and there is no tool that can do so in a reasonable amount of time? Commented Aug 29, 2010 at 18:34