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would know that you are looking for a folder named Music or folders contain-

ing music. When not selected, the Windows Search service uses all the text

you enter for matching, as discussed previously.

Don’t use the index when searching the file system

When selected, the Windows Search service ignores indexes that might be

available to help speed up the search process. This forces the Windows

Search service to examine the current state of files and folders, but it can be

extremely slow. When not selected, the Windows Search service uses

indexes to speed up the search process if indexes are available.

5. On the “When searching non-indexed locations” panel, specify whether the

Windows Search service includes system locations, compressed files, or both

when searching nonindexed locations.

6. Click OK to save your search options.

Searching Your Computer: Basic Search Filters

Sometimes you won’t know the exact name of a resource you are looking for.

Instead, you may know only the type of resource, such as whether you are looking

for a document, picture, or music file. Or you may know that what you’re looking

for isn’t a document, picture, or music file. In these cases, you can use the Search

Pane to narrow your results using search filters.

You’ll find the following default search filters:

All

Returns all results matching your search text and the current search options.

This is the default search filter.

E-mail

Filters the search results so that only email messages are included in the search

results.

Document

Filters the search results so that only document files are included in the search

results.

Picture

Filters the search results so that only picture files are included in the search

results.

Music

Filters the search results so that only music files are included in the search

results.

Other

Filters the search results so that email, document, picture, and music files are

excluded from the search results.

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Want to know a secret? A little-known fact is that these same basic

search filters are available with Windows Explorer, the Start menu,

and other search boxes in Windows Vista. To use these filters with

other Search boxes, simply type one of the following filter names into

the Search box: e-mail, document, picture, music, video, or movie. For

example, if you click Start and then type

music into the Search box,

you’ll see a list of all the music on your computer. If you have a lot of

music, you’ll then need to click See All Results to get an expanded

view of the search results.

When you are performing searches, you can use basic search filters by completing

the following steps:

1. In Windows Explorer, access the start location for your search.

2. Click in the Search box and enter the search text.

3. Click Search Tools on the menu bar and then select Search Pane. This adds the

Search Pane above the menu bar (see Figure 6-22).

4. On the Search Pane, click the button for the basic search filter you want to use,

such as Document.

Figure 6-22. Using the Search Pane to filter the search results