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Best way to search for Video files in Vista?
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    Tony Guest

    Best way to search for Video files in Vista?

    I was trying to find Video files in Vista, MPEG, AVI... but I was not able to
    find the option for video files under search like Windows XP has as an
    option. The only option I had was Email, Doc, pictures and Music but no
    Video option.



    Thanks

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    Re: Best way to search for Video files in Vista?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony View Post
    I was trying to find Video files in Vista, MPEG, AVI... but I was not able to
    find the option for video files under search like Windows XP has as an
    option. The only option I had was Email, Doc, pictures and Music but no
    Video option.

    Thanks
    Hi Tony,

    You can do a search using "*.mpeg" (no quotes) in the search field to search for all .mpeg files. The * takes the place of the file name and will give you all file names with that extension. Just do the same for the other files you are trying to find.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

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    Kristan M. Kenney [MVP] Guest

    RE: Best way to search for Video files in Vista?

    How to search for video files in Windows Vista:

    1. Click on Start.
    2. In the Start Search field, type "kind:videos" (without the quotations).

    Your video files will be displayed in the search results as long as they
    have been indexed. If you store your video files on an external drive, you
    may need to add it to the search scope:

    1. Click on Start, and then click on Control Panel.
    2. Click on System and Maintenance and then click on Indexing Options.
    3. Click on "Modify".
    4. Click on "Show all locations". If user account control prompts for
    consent, provide the appropriate credentials or click on continue.
    5. Under "change selected locations", place a checkmark next to your
    external hard drives or other folders where your video files are located, and
    then press OK.

    It may take a little while for the Windows Search indexer to index your
    video files after addng their location to the index.

    Hope this helps, have a great day,

    --
    Regards,
    Kristan M. Kenney
    Microsoft MVP [Windows - Shell/User]

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    "Tony" wrote:

    > I was trying to find Video files in Vista, MPEG, AVI... but I was not able to
    > find the option for video files under search like Windows XP has as an
    > option. The only option I had was Email, Doc, pictures and Music but no
    > Video option.
    >
    > Thanks

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