Solved File Search Issues

[Araara]

Hello all,

I'm using Vista Home Premium 32bit and here's my problem:

I'm trying to resolve some issues I'm having with finding files within folders on my computer. For instance, when I open a folder and type the name of some files into the "Search Box" (be it an .mp3 or .jpg) no matter what part of certain file names I type in, for some reason Search cannot find them even though I know for sure that the folder contains the file I'm looking for. But interestingly, when I type whatever file names that couldn't be found in the previous way into the search box at the bottom of the start menu it can locate the file. Why is this?

Thank you so much for your help!

I forgot to add, I've also tried rebuilding the index which didn't resolve the problem.

Thanks...

 

[Brink]

Hello Araara, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You may need to change your search settings to what they are in this tutorial to get a thorough search.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/75447-search-options.html

You might also see if doing an advanced search including non-indexed locations can find them for you to.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[sygnus21]

LOL - I was just looking to see if there was a tutorial. Brink to the rescue :D

 

[Araara]

Thanks a lot Brink! I did try to edit the search settings in the folder but the issue remains. I'll try browsing through a bunch of your nice tutorials to see what else I can do...

 

[Brink]

Araara,

As a test, disable the index and see if you get accurate searches afterwards.

 

[Araara]

Sure, I'll give that a try. But, in the mean time I think I found what caused the problem. When I went to properties of the folders I was having trouble searching through and looked at attributes>advanced I noticed the box by "index this folder for faster searching" was not checked. After I checked it the problem seemed to be fixed for good.

Thanks for your input!

 

[Brink]

Araara,

I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out.

If you do not do a lot of searches, then disabling the index can help save some of your computer's resources. The searches may take a tiny bit longer, but will always be accurate.