Windows Desktop Search

re: Windows Desktop Search

Dan Albert — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:02:57 GMT

Why doesn't search work in Windows 7? It can't even find text files let alone text in files. I've tried everything.

re: Windows Desktop Search

josh — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:34:28 GMT

I want to be able to complete my work and stay organized. Why are you making it difficult to impossible? I know my files are there! How is it useful to have them and not be able to access them?

re: Windows Desktop Search

Sunila B Singh — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:08:14 GMT

I have windows 7 OS on my laptop. When I need to search for a file containing a string of words I am not able to find it. In Windows XP it was not a problem at all. Please help.

re: Windows Desktop Search

CB — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:12:03 GMT

One of the biggest tradeoffs with search in Windows 7 is that you will never be able to find anything, even if the file you're looking for is staring you in the face.

re: Windows Desktop Search

Imezmo — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:22:27 GMT

Our office previously used Windows XP with Windows Search 4.0 add-in. Indiviual desktop users were able to index various folders and subfolders on various network drives. We were also able to "snooze" the search function during a busy day (since it slowed the computer significantly) and restart it after business hours so that we always had a reasonably upto date index for fast searches and recall from the 1,000's of files. There was a pulsating magifying glass on the task tool bar that let you know when you were indexing. We have recently migrated to Windows 7 and I cannot discover how to continually index so that I have an up-to-date index from which to search. Also, and more importantly, I cannot add network drives for indexing, even though I have access to the network drives. I tried to download and install Search 4.0, but got a message that: "The version of Windows you have installed does not match the update you are trying to install." Most of our IT people have never used Windows Search 4.0 add-in and don't appreciate the absence of this functionality in Windows 7. Does anyone have any suggetstion of how to get the same functionality in Windows 7?

re: Windows Desktop Search

bMi — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:31:27 GMT

Doesn't really answer the question. Do you need both? Indexing Service and Windows Search: yes or no. Thanks.

re: Windows Desktop Search

Chris Clarke-Williams — Fri, 13 May 2011 09:35:54 GMT

The fact that there is no way to search a directory in Windows 7 for files containing a particular string is a serious omission it used to be possible in XP. Why do Microsoft have to keep making all their search products progressively worse!

re: Windows Desktop Search

Charlie Teater — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:20:01 GMT

Would be nice to allow the old fashion type of search if needed.

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Sophie N — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:09:26 GMT

Like Windows 7 - I think if Windows search is set up properly it should be a help rather than a hindrance! www.emailsecuritymatters.com/.../windows-search-windows-7-outlook-2007

re: Windows Desktop Search

Still no way to disable this disaster — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:21:17 GMT

Windows Search on - Task takes 15 minutes to complete. When OFF - same task takes 3 minutes.

Measurements are consistent.

Windows Search is extremely resource consuming and totally unfit for work environments.