Search the Contents of Unknown File Types
Learn how to set Windows 7 search engine to search the contents of unknown file types.
Restart the Windows Search Service
Learn how to restart the Windows 7 search engine.
Prevent Windows Search from Indexing a File Type
Learn how to stop Windows 7’s search engine from indexing a certain file type.
Add a New Extension to Be Indexed
Learn how to add a new file type to be indexed by Windows 7’s search engine.
Set Windows Search to Index a File Type’s Properties and Contents
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to index a file types properties and contents.
Set Windows Search to Index a File Type’s Properties Only
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to index a file types properties only.
Choose Which File Types to Index
Learn how choose which file types Windows 7’s search engine will or will not index.
Change the Search Index’s Location
Learn how to change Windows 7’s search engine index location.
Rebuild the Search Index
Learn how to manually rebuild Windows 7’s search index.
Set Up Indexing to Not Treat Similar Words with Diacritics as Different Words
Learn how to make Windows 7’s search engine not treat similar words with diacritics as different words.
Set Up Indexing to Treat Similar Words with Diacritics as Different Words
Learn how to make Windows 7’s search engine treat similar words with diacritics as different words.
Stop Indexing from Indexing Encrypted Files
Learn how to stop Windows 7’s search engine from indexing encrypted files.
Set Up Indexing to Index Encrypted Files
Learn how to set up Windows 7’s search engine to index encrypted files.
Remove an Indexed Location
Learn how to remove a new location indexed by Windows 7’s search engine.
Add an Indexed Location
Learn how to add a new location indexed by Windows 7’s search engine.
Set Windows Search to Not Include Compressed Files When Searching Non-indexed Locations
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to not search zipped files when searching non-indexed locations.
Set Windows Search to Include Compressed Files When Searching Non-indexed Locations
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to search zipped files when searching non-indexed locations.
Set Windows Search to Include System Directories When Searching Non-indexed Locations
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to search system directories when searching non-indexed locations.
Set Windows Search to Not Include System Directories When Searching Non-indexed Locations
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to not search system directories when searching non-indexed locations.
Turn On Windows Search’s Index
Learn how to turn on Windows 7’s search index.
Turn Off Windows Search’s Index
Learn how to bypass Windows 7’s search index.
Turn Off Natural Language Search
Learn how to turn off Windows 7’s natural language search feature.
Turn On Natural Language Search
Learn how to turn on Windows 7’s natural language search feature.
Set Windows Search to Not Find Partial Matches
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to not find partial matches of words or phrases.
Set Windows Search to Find Partial Matches
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to find partial matches of words or phrases.
Set Windows Search to Include Subfolders when Typing in Search Box
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to search in the current explorer folder and subfolders.
Set Windows Search to Not Include Subfolders when Typing in Search Box
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to only search in the current explorer folder.
Set Windows Search to Search Using File Names and Contents in All Files
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to search all file names and file contents.
Set Windows Search to Search Using File Names and Contents in Indexed Locations Only
Learn how to set Windows 7’s search engine to search using file names and contents in indexed locations only.
