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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Searching for files |
| Date | 2025-01-20 04:45 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vml5vi$31f7d$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <btqnoj56t1kndgg64ou8eafr1qc79im11f@4ax.com> <20250118.184728.11f3ea16@mixmin.net> <uarroj1gvc5eep1h0en78li5m80e52f197@4ax.com> |
On Mon, 1/20/2025 1:32 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:47:28 +0000, D <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:06:00 +0200, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>> Is there a way to search for files in Win 10 without being taken on
>>> long detours by Bing or CoPilot?
>>> I collected a lot of text from the web intio a dile for research, and
>>> then saved it.
>>> When I wanted to copy it, it wasn't where I expected it to be.
>>> In Win XP or 7 I can just enter all or part of the file name into a
>>> search box, and it is found. But in Win 10, but comes Big with useless
>>> information.
>>> It suggested CoPilot could help, and after a long question and answer
>>> session suggested I go to the folder where the file was and search for
>>> it there, which was exactly where I had started -- it wasn't there, it
>>> was somewhere else.
>>> Eventually I called it up in the program I'd saved it from and saved
>>> it to a flash drive from there, but surely there must be a simpler way
>>> to find a file.
>>
>> been using agent ransack since xp days . . .
>>
>> https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
>
> Yes, I might have to instal that.
>
> But when the operating system disables basic operations that it used
> to include, and wastes one's time with stpid bells and whistles, one
> starts looking for pirate versions of the old ones that did work.
There are a multitude of search boxes in W10/W11. It's a minefield in fact :-)
For example:
In the Start Menu Box at top "Search for Apps"
In Settings box top left "Find a setting"
In Installed Apps Box at top "Search Apps"
File Explorer Box top right "(file search)" <=== Ding! Ding! Ding!
...
Navigate to the part of the file system you wish to search.
For example, click "Downloads" folder on the left, and then enter
filename:MyNotes
If that does not work, try
filename:*MyNotes*
and a few more items might show up.
[Picture]
https://i.postimg.cc/hvGfhzTF/File-Explorer-Search-W10.gif
Paul
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Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-18 20:06 +0200
Re: Searching for files D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-01-18 18:47 +0000
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 08:32 +0200
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 04:45 -0500
Re: Searching for files D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-01-20 13:19 +0000
Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-20 08:45 -0500
Re: Searching for files "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-01-20 09:29 -0600
Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-20 13:33 -0500
Re: Searching for files "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-01-20 14:01 -0600
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 15:45 -0500
Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-18 13:56 -0500
Re: Searching for files Michael Logies <logies@t-online.de> - 2025-01-18 19:58 +0100
Re: Searching for files Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-01-18 14:01 -0500
Re: Searching for files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-19 00:50 -0600
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 08:34 +0200
Re: Searching for files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-20 06:16 -0600
Re: Searching for files Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-01-22 19:57 -0500
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-22 23:49 -0500
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-21 03:18 +0200
Re: Searching for files Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-02-24 13:50 -0500
Re: Searching for files Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-24 22:01 +0000
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-24 18:34 -0500
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-25 05:39 +0200
Re: Searching for files GlowingBlueMist <zapbot@truely.invalid> - 2025-02-25 17:16 -0600
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-26 10:30 +0200
Re: Searching for files ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-25 11:49 -0700
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-25 22:39 -0500
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-02-26 06:02 +0200
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-26 00:32 -0500
Re: Searching for files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-18 14:30 -0500
Re: Searching for files Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-18 13:49 -0600
Re: Searching for files "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-01-18 21:39 +0100
Re: Searching for files Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-01-18 21:44 +0100
Re: Searching for files Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-01-20 03:38 +0000
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-18 18:00 -0500
Re: Searching for files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-01-19 02:10 +0300
Re: Searching for files Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2025-01-18 18:17 -0600
Off-topic: X-No-Archive header (was: Searching for files) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-19 01:00 -0600
Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-01-20 03:22 +0000
Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-01-20 09:13 +0000
Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header (was: Searching for files) Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 09:00 +0200
Re: Off-topic: X-No-Archive header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-20 06:31 -0600
Re: Searching for files wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-01-19 09:36 +0000
Re: Searching for files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-19 08:29 -0500
Re: Searching for files Michael Logies <logies@t-online.de> - 2025-01-19 17:48 +0100
Re: Searching for files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-19 11:05 +0000
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-19 08:43 -0500
Re: Searching for files Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2025-01-19 09:43 -0700
Re: Searching for files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-19 14:06 -0500
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-19 15:12 -0500
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 08:57 +0200
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 05:37 -0500
Re: Searching for files Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-20 17:50 +0200
Re: Searching for files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-20 14:09 -0500
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