The Search Index, which gives keystroke-by-keystroke search results,
searches file names, properties, and contents of whatever folders you tell
it to index. That's the document folders for the current user account by
default as well as contacts, messages, Favorites, and IE history. But it can
be any folders you want.
It doesn't search program and system files by default because it's like a
mini search engine. If you want to do the old-style Search Companion
searches, where it slogs through the whole file system, you click Start,
choose Search, click Advanced Search, and set your location (everywhere) and
include non-indexed searches.
I'm not sitting at Vista right now and don't remember if the Search box in a
folder includes subfolders by default. But it's all explained in that simple
help.
You'll be able to search for cash.xls from the Start menu if you put its
folder in your search index.
It's not at all stupid. Once you learn what it is, you'll appreciate it a
lot more and will never want to go back to the old way of doing things. I've
been using it for over a year and it works great. I can find anything with a
few keystrokes and zero wait time. No opening programs, no navigating
through folders, and all of that. It's how things will be from now on. The
old way of doing things with Search Companion is ancient history.
The Start Menu searches search all indexed locations. The Search box in the
upper left corner
"Gerry Cornell" <> wrote in message
news:%23$...
> Just FYI
>
> I was raising two issues. One concerned System files and the second
> concerned an Excel file.
>
> The presumption by Microsoft that all users do not want or need to search
> for system files is unbelievably stupid! Many users are not interested but
> others are!
>
> Searching for cash produces many files - perhaps a hundred or more! In
> Windows XP ( or Windows 98 ) a single search produced 4 or 5 but with
> Vista is it really necessary to search the search results! That to me is a
> backward step! The file extension is part of the file name or are you
> suggesting it's now of no importance?
>
> Unfortunately your suggestion regarding the Start button is unhelpful. In
> common with many other users, I have long since ceased to use system
> created Document folders. I have created my own folder structure.
>
> Are you saying the search function does not search sub-folders? I think
> you are either mistaken or we are talking at cross purposes!
>
>
> --
>
> Regards.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> Just FYI wrote:
>> That's not a program file or a system file, it's a document. So
>> it should show up from a Start menu search or when you're in that
>> folder. For example, click the Start button, type cash and click
>> cash.xls on the Start menu. It should work right from the Start
>> menu like that, so long as cash.xls is in one of your document
>> folders.
>> The search box in the folder window only searches the current
>> folder.
>> For more info on how it all works, click Start, click Help and
>> Support, and click (or search for) "Find files and folders".
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gerry Cornell" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Quote from Help!
>>>
>>> Files that are not indexed include program files and system
>>> files. The locations that contain those files are not indexed
>>> because you rarely need to search those files, and so not
>>> including them in the index makes your searches perform faster.
>>>
>>> So how do you search for them?
>>>
>>> Search for Cash.xls on my computer and it ignores after Cash!
>>> Tried quotes and it found one and ignored others. How should I
>>> search for "Cash.xls"? TIA
>>>
>>> Gerry
>
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