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How do I conveniently search through Libraries in Windows 8?
In Windows 7, I took the habit of putting most of my frequently accessed disk areas as Libraries - there were about a dozen. Typing a word in the Start menu would then give me a summary of matches by ...
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How to Exclude folders from Windows 8 Search, not indexing (start menu)
Since the Windows 8.1 update the start menu on my laptop is unusable. Every time I use the search box Explorer goes to max CPU % for a couple of minutes after I've stopped looking.
I know this is ...
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How to find all files with a specific extension in Windows 8?
On a computer with Windows 8, how can I find all files with a specific extension within a drive or network location?
For example, how can I find all *.docx files on my hard drive?
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How to exclude outlook 2010 emails from windows-8 desktop search?
Like many power users, I have tens of thousands of emails in several imap accounts in outlook.
When you search from the desktop in windows 8 (ok, I'm using the classic start menu, but there are other ...
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Windows 8 - Search in explorer doesn't work anymore
It's been a few days now, windows search simply doesn't work anymore. Whatever I type into the search field, it displays "searching", the blue bar moves, but no files are shown, ever. I can even ...
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Windows 8 search with result context
Is there a way to search for PDF and Word documents in Windows 8 so that the search results display not only the file name, but also some context of where the search terms occur? A sentence around the ...
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