Start Menu Search Box
Vista search box in Start Menu can list files in your documents,links,favorites,programs,pictures,music,
videos,indexed entries, My Computer files
Type C:\ or any other drive letter and it will list all the files in the specified drive.
It can even run all the commands that were usually called by the RUN windows
Explorer Search Bar
Open any non-empty folder type any letter and it will display all the files containg that letter, type two letter and the file starting with that letter will show up,type whole filename will list the file.
If you want to gather up files with same extension just type the extension of the file
You can also search with text files. You can also type any tags and file related with it will appear.
Some examples
tags:sunset
For searching for files modified within a specific period. syntax
date:9/2/2008
or
date:<9/2/2008>9/2/2008
For searching for files with some specific size. synatx
size:2Mb
or
size:<2mb>2MB
You can aslo use boolean filters for example
install OR setup
will list all files with names install or setup.
or use quotes
“installmessenager” to list the exact file
