Desktop Searching
One of Microsoft’s goals in Windows 8 was to make search a truly useful tool that provides complete results quickly. Did it succeed? For the most part, yes. As you saw in Chapter 4, “Using the Windows 8 Interface,” searching via the new interface (particularly app searching) is as easy as just typing what you’re looking for.
For the details on searching the new Windows 8 interface, see “Searching via the Start Screen,” p. 108.
If you’re a dedicated Desktop app user, however, then we’re sad to report that searching has taken a step backward in Windows 8. In Windows 7 you could quickly search your system by clicking the Start ...
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