Submission details
Usable Explorer file search GUI
I often want to search for a word in say a *.log file - how do you do this in Vista Search or Advanced search???
Also want to search for files in ALL locations (not just indexed and non-system). Chosing Everywhere does not do this you have to tick the Include Indexed files box - so Everywhere is not Everywhere is it!.
I also want the option of displaying the FULL filename with extensions.
Also if I search for *.log I do not want files called fred.log1 returned - if I wanted that I would have specified *.log* or *.log?.
Why does a search for *.log? return a file called System.IO.Log.dll ??? Totally inconsistent!
In XP this did what I wanted (except if I changed folders - e.g. up a level, the search path did not change).
I just want a simple interface that allows me to find files without taking an hour to return a massive list of files or having to understand how to write search queries in the Vista 'Search' textbox!
The Advanced search does not have a field for 'containing text: '
Why does the TAG textbox have 'add a tag' in it and the Authors field have 'Add an author' - why would I want to add a tag or Author to a file when I am searching for something?
The Name field should be called FileName as it could be interpreted as name of person who created/modified the file.
Make it usable!
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Discussion (2 comments)
anyway, do you think an average user would know it?
DeathSeeker wrote on November 18, 2008, 3:57pm
To search by file entension type "ext:" followed by the extension.
Example - ext:log
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/p...search-techniques.aspx