Newer versions of Windows such as 7, 8 and 10 are much easier by simply pressing the Start key on your keyboard and you can start typing the words that you want to search for.Īlthough Microsoft has made efforts to improve the search feature in Windows, there are some users that do not like to use the Windows Search because they claim it does not find the file they’re looking for.

On an older Windows operating system such as XP, you can launch the search window by pressing WIN+F, or when you’re in Windows Explorer, both F3 or Ctrl+F will also work. If your files aren’t arranged in order, chances are you forget where the important files are and here comes the useful search feature to the rescue by locating the misplaced file using a combination of file names, extensions, date modified, and etc.

As our hard drive space gets bigger and cheaper, we tend to store even more files and don’t bother deleting them. The search function in Windows is an important feature although we don’t normally use it everyday.

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