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Windows 10 default search location in folder

When you use search in Windows 10 File Explorer in a folder, it includes all subfolders by default. You can disable it for every search to ignore subfolders, but how can I make it default?
gaspo's user avatar
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1 vote
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Search for a file using the Windows Run Dialog Box

I am attempting to automate a Windows Search for a file name. My method work on several folders; however, it fails on a folder named "part #". My process was to Search for a file within the ...
E400Jack's user avatar
1 vote
3 answers
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Why search in file explorer finds nothing?

I open a window of file explorer in Windows 10 In the window I can clearly see a file with a name. Let's say [THEfile].txt However, when I write in the search place to the upper right "THE", ...
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1 answer
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Windows Explorer Search does not find anything on Pictures, Documents, Downloads folders after manually moving them

Search in C:\Users\Komninos\Downloads not showing any results in Windows Explorer. The quick search is not working for Downloads, Pictures, Documents folders, which are the folders I moved from D:\...
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How can I exclude one or more drives (hard drives) from my search when searching in My PC in an explorer window in Win10 Pro?

I want to search my local hard disks and my removable USB thumb drives while excluding my Google Drive (G:). I'm trying to search using an explorer window using the search box (F3). My location bar is ...
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Is there a way to hide a folder from searches but can still be searched manually?

I am working on a number of manuscripts in Word using Windows 10. I have taken to storing older versions of these manuscripts in a particular folder labelled "Older Versions of Manuscript" ...
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1 answer
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How can I search Windows 10, excluding folders yet including zips?

I use a search string to generate statistics of documents processed, I used to use the -kind:folder but then realized it was blocking .zip files. Here are my requirements: YES include .zip files in ...
ExcelHelpNecessary's user avatar
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1 answer
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How to force Windows to search a folder again?

I did a search in Windows 10 File Explorer for files containing a specific string in the file name. Then I either renamed or deleted the files it found. When I searched the same string again to see ...
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How to find (unindexed) files in the current folder in Windows 10 File Explorer?

When in a folder in Windows 10, using the search panel to find files, one would expect an ad-hoc search of the file names in the current folder. However, Windows only seems to find files that have ...
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Windows file explorer crashes while searching a certain term in the search bar

While searching for a file named "advance" in a network drive, the file explorer crashes and closes automatically. This happens only when the search reaches a particular folder in the directory which ...
theDistantStar's user avatar
-2 votes
1 answer
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How To Seach file names contain any digit/number In windws explorer,? Or file name contain digits/numbers fall between given numbered range?

I searched on the web & also tried below mentioned linked pages, but I did not get the solution. In Windows Explorer, how to search files whose Names contain any digits or numbers? Or does the ...
Chirag Raval's user avatar