Microsoft Windows Vista On Demand

Performing an Advanced Search

The Search box (New!) at the bottom of the Start menu and at the top of every Explorer window filters out items that don’t match the text you type. The search includes text in the file name, text in the file, tags (a custom file property), and other file properties. In the Search box, you can perform advanced searches by specifying properties and using boolean filters. For example, Name:Agenda finds only files that have the word agenda in the file name. In addition, you can use boolean filters, such as AND, NOT, OR, Quotes, Parentheses, >, or <. For example, Agenda AND Report find files that contain both words agenda and report. When you type boolean filters, you need to use all capital letters. You can also combine ...