To find a particular file can be a burden if you don’t know were it is or you forgot were you put it whilst you saved it. I will go over ways you can make this process easier. You still need to have some idea of were you stored it or about what you called it.

You can add folders to the search engine index. This will allow your searches to go faster.

If what you are looking for is in your user account folder or one its subfolders they are automatically indexed by Panorama. Landscape keeps a detailed record of what is in these folders making the search faster. If you meet up with files inside other locations the search may acquire a while.

Here are steps that will help you accomplish this.
1. Left click “start”.
2. Left click “control panel”.
3. When the control panel appears click “System & Maintenance”.
4. After the System and Maintenance window become visible click “Indexing Options”.
5. After the “Indexing Options” Dialog Box appears click “modify”.
6. At the bottom of the window click “”Show all locations”.
7. Click the folder(s) you want to include the index.
8. Click “OK”.
9. Click “Close”.
10. Vista will comprises the folder(s) in the index and then rebuilds the index.
After you are complete you can try a search just to see what happens.
When you do a explore, be sure you spell the words properly. No search will find a file if you spell the word(s) wrong. If you want to search for a particular file extension type: .exe or whatever the extension is. If you don’t put the dot before the letters you will get every possible word, phrase or sentence that has the three letters in it. Even if the letters are in the middle of the word they will be found. This normally means you will have hundreds of alternatives and what is worse is that none of them is what you want.

What if I don’t discern the entire word or vocabulary but I recognize part of it?

Hay! DOS isn’t totally gone. If you are searching because the queue name: DoctorRegister.exe but you don’t know everything of it type: doc*.* which will find all files that begin with the letters doc. If you want to search for Register you could type: *Check in.exe The monolithic thing to remember is that you will get a large number of selections is you use this method.

One more mania to remember! Be sure you are search the proper dive. Drives use a colon in front of the letter such as C: You will never find the file if you are in the wrong drive.