would like to simply search for files by their names regardless of their contents.
It’s very quick and convenient, no need for indexing or any of that stuff.
Is this no longer possible in Win 10?
It is possible. Instead of typing just the search term in the search box from File Explorer, type name: searchterm or filename: searchterm.
Kamil
3 years ago
Hi there! When going into the Search settings, I try to click on the “Searching Windows” tab and it doesn’t open it, it just crashes the window. I tried opening it multiple times, restarting the PC etc, nothing works.
Any idea what might cause it and how to fix it? Googling this issue only gave me results related to the search problems that came with the January 2020 release, much unrelated to this issue.
Chris Codrington
3 years ago
Not sure if this is a normal thing or not but when I run a search my results come up fast and then I select one to open it opens and the search page closes and I cannot return without going back opening search, entering the search term etc…why does it not remain available for me to refer back til I choose to close it?
I’m afraid that’s how it was designed, and you can’t change this behavior.
THOMAS PITTARD
3 years ago
There are 8 hard drives in my computer. I want to search them 1 at a time. File type does not matter! Whether indexed or not does not matter! Adult content or not does not matter! The one and only thing I ever want to do with this computer is to be able to search ONE(1) HARD DRIVE AT A TIME!! Is it possible? If so, how?
You can use File Explorer to search for files on a single drive:
Open File Explorer, access the drive where you want to search, type the search term in the “Search [Drive]” text box from the top-right side of the window.
More details here: How to search in Windows 10 with File Explorer.
John Daugherty
3 years ago
In using File Explorer is it necessary to place folders in a library for the file and/or the content to be found?
I would change the way search results are handles, when a folder is found (that I want) I double click on it, it open in a new window and has “Search Results\” for the directory path. There is NO way to go up one directory, if you try, you end up in search results again. What I want is the file location to be in the directory path NOT “Search Results”.
would like to simply search for files by their names regardless of their contents.
It’s very quick and convenient, no need for indexing or any of that stuff.
Is this no longer possible in Win 10?
It is possible. Instead of typing just the search term in the search box from File Explorer, type name: searchterm or filename: searchterm.
Hi there! When going into the Search settings, I try to click on the “Searching Windows” tab and it doesn’t open it, it just crashes the window. I tried opening it multiple times, restarting the PC etc, nothing works.
Any idea what might cause it and how to fix it? Googling this issue only gave me results related to the search problems that came with the January 2020 release, much unrelated to this issue.
Not sure if this is a normal thing or not but when I run a search my results come up fast and then I select one to open it opens and the search page closes and I cannot return without going back opening search, entering the search term etc…why does it not remain available for me to refer back til I choose to close it?
I’m afraid that’s how it was designed, and you can’t change this behavior.
There are 8 hard drives in my computer. I want to search them 1 at a time. File type does not matter! Whether indexed or not does not matter! Adult content or not does not matter! The one and only thing I ever want to do with this computer is to be able to search ONE(1) HARD DRIVE AT A TIME!! Is it possible? If so, how?
You can use File Explorer to search for files on a single drive:
Open File Explorer, access the drive where you want to search, type the search term in the “Search [Drive]” text box from the top-right side of the window.
More details here: How to search in Windows 10 with File Explorer.
In using File Explorer is it necessary to place folders in a library for the file and/or the content to be found?
No, you don’t have to use libraries.
I would change the way search results are handles, when a folder is found (that I want) I double click on it, it open in a new window and has “Search Results\” for the directory path. There is NO way to go up one directory, if you try, you end up in search results again. What I want is the file location to be in the directory path NOT “Search Results”.