Questions tagged [search]
Search refers to the ability of finding any number of items of information with specified properties among a collection of items sharing the same type of properties.
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Windows 10 Search can't find ANY applications. Even calculator [duplicate]
I have problem with Windows 10 Enterprise N x64.
When I press "Start" and start to type application name it never finds it.
I can't even find applications like "Calculator", "Microsoft Word" or any ...
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Best way to *confidently* search files and contents in Windows without using an indexing service? [closed]
Back in Windows XP I knew that doing a file search and checking "Search file contents" (or whatever it was) I would get my results if I waited patiently.
In Vista, I felt I had absolutely no ...
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How to add a custom search engine to Firefox?
Is there a way I can add a custom search URL to the Firefox search bar? e.g. I'd like to provide a URL such as http://blahblah.com?search=%s, where Firefox replaces the %s with the content of the ...
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Searching through txt, pdf, and doc files
I need something that can quickly search through many .txt, .pdf, and .doc files (.djvu also preferable). Can anyone here name or recommend such a tool (Windows platform) ?
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How to use keyboard to navigate google search results (now that instant search is dead) [duplicate]
As of today, Google Instant Search is dead.
This is what it used to look like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANVT56wlmTo
I never cared much for the instant display of results while I typed. ...
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What search utilities can search by file name in Windows 7? [closed]
I've just installed Windows 7 64-bit and have found that it's file search really really sucks. What is a good alternative that I can load on my system to do file searching?
Note: I don't care about ...
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Windows 10 disable internet in search
I just installed Windows 10 Pro (version 10.0.19041) and I noticed that the "Start menu" search (the one you get when you hit the Windows button on the keyboard and start typing) searches the internet,...
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search PDFs with non-standard character encodings
Some PDF files produce garbage ("mojibake") when you copy text (even though they render OK). This makes it impossible to search them (whatever you search for will not match the garbage).
Does anyone ...
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Find all files that are NOT of a specific type/extension in folder?
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit:
I'm looking for a way to find all the files in a directory that are NOT of a specific file type or extension.
Example: I'd like to find every file that isn't an .mp3 in my ...
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Windows 7 search for file with a special character in the file name?
I'm trying to find files in Windows 7 that have a parenthesis in the file name.
However, when I type ( or *(* or "(" or *"("* I get either nothing or every file.
Microsoft's "advanced query syntax"...
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Export Windows 7 search results to a text file
In Windows 7, is there a way to get a list the files returned by the Advanced Query Syntax (AQS)?
Here is an example query:
owner:bob type:image
I want the list of files returned by that query in a ...
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Locate bookmarks folder after finding bookmarks in Firefox [duplicate]
When I search bookmarks I can't find a way to locate the folder of the result.
I have many bookmarks folder and subfolders and most folders and subfolders contain some bookmarks. When I cannot ...
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Can I use wildcards in Windows 8 search?
When using a new Windows 8 search bar:
What is the syntax of the search expression? Is it possible to use wildcards like "*", "?" or any other special symbol?
For example, when searching with Google ...
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How can I make Windows 10 search my settings/control panel items?
Last night I fiddled around with some settings, and now Windows 10 refuses to search my settings. If I search "Settings" it returns a result, if I search Notepad and Chrome - it works fine. But if I ...
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In Vista Explorer, how can I search the contents of all files in a directory for a word?
I have a PHP website in a directory on Vista.
Many files in that directory have the word "output" in them. In Windows Explorer, I type "output" into the search box. It finds two files but does not ...
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