Vista Tutorial - Search Options

**Brink**

How to Open and Change Search Options in Vista

Information

This will show you how to open and change the Search options to give the search results you want.

NOTE

These settings are for doing searches in the Windows Explorer search box and not from the Advanced Search window.

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Here's How:

1. Open a Windows Explorer window.

2. Press CTRL+E or type something in the Search box. (See screenshot below)

3. Click on Search Tools and Search Options.
A) Go to step 4 below.

OR

1. Open a Windows Explorer window.

2. Click on the Organize button and then click on Folder and Search Options. (See screenshow below)
A) Go to step 3 below.

OR

1. Click on Tools in the Explorer window above or open Control Panel (Classic View)
NOTE: Tools is part of the Menu bar. For how to add it, see: How to Enable or Disable the Menu Bar in Vista

2. Click on Folder Options.
NOTE: For more ways to open Folder Options, see: How to Open and Change Folder Options in Vista

3. Click on the Search tab. (See screenshot below)

4. Make your changes here.

5. Click on OK to apply.

That's it,
Shawn

tcaffey · 05-11-2009

I am a new Vista user. I want to find all of the .doc files on a hard drive. How do I get Vista to list every .doc file on a particular hard drive?

**Brink** · 05-11-2009

Hello Tcaffey, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Be sure to have your search settings set like they are in the screenshot below step 4 to have all areas included in the search. Next, open Computer and the hard drive you wand to search in. In the Search box at the top right corner, type in *.doc and press enter.

Hope this helps,
Shawn