How do I add search filters?

Anonymous
2009-11-12T04:08:15+00:00

When trying to search I click in the search field in my file explorer window. I see "Add a search filter" and a couple options below that "Date Modified" &  "Size" that I can select. How do I add more "clickable" search filters? I can only select those two filters. How do I add more to select?

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Anonymous
2009-11-12T22:02:24+00:00

Hello and thank you for your question.

In the explorer search window, you can click on those options you mentioned like “Date Modified” or “Size” to give you a list of even more refined options. For example, if you are in your music folder:

Without clearing the Search box, click Genre in the list of filters, and then click Jazz from the list of dynamic values. Windows Explorer adds Genre to the existing Length filter, allowing you to refine your search further.

*For a downloadable word document on Windows Search Walkthrough, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=188af621-c80a-4b0c-9629-7fa4949803ae&displaylang=en

Please let me know if you need further assistance!

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-06T16:48:41+00:00

    In the search field just enter height:>1500 all by itself and even though there might be non-photo files in your folder/sub-folders the only ones that will appear in your search results will be photos because they are the ones with height meta-data.  I tried it from the root of c: and got nothing but picture files.

    Unfortunately the old XP check boxes are gone, but there are a bunch of advanced filter options users can manually enter in the search field.  Someone else posted a great link elsewhere in this topic, where I found a fairly exhaustive list of search criteria that can be entered manually, but I'll post it here too so others don't have to search for it.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/technicalresources/advquery.mspx

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-08-03T19:22:42+00:00

    Useless!  My search box in Explorer only gives me two options - "date modified" and "size".  The field "add a search filter" is grayed out and cannot be clicked on.  I have had to pay a consultant to find another search program that does that Windows XP Explorer used to do.  What a waste of time and money.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-07-31T17:08:31+00:00

    I also am experiencing the same problems. The responders don't seem to have understood the request that they we lonly see2 items in the list of search criteria and by default weonly see "Date Modified" and "Size", no matter how wide the screen is or what advanced search options are enabled

    I would really like to see Type or Name for example - anyone know WHY we can't see these options by default on our Win7 search? and how I can add them?

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-06-22T19:35:13+00:00

    Windows Search Advanced Query Syntax:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/technicalresources/advquery.mspx

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    Dave N.

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    "Elena0326" wrote in message news:fe9f1fff-430c-4998-9495-d677ab8165cf...

    > I do not see a filter for content, such as I want to see all .doc files

    > containing the words "college work-study." Searching via files names is

    > very limiting, even with wildcards.

    Windows 7 Ultimate 64

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