Tweak It and Freak It: A Killer Guide to Making Windows Run Your Way

CHAPTER 25 Super Searching

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Add Folders to the Search Index

• Create Powerful Searches Using Properties and Filters

• Search for Files Using Natural Language Queries

• Make Searches More Targeted by Finding Only Exact Matches

• Save Searches to Save Time

Thanks to Google’s amazing search engine (which, as of mid-2008, passed the trillion page mark, a jaw-dropping number if there ever was one), we’ve become a nation of searchers. Remembering site addresses or even facts? How quaint! These days, the modern web surfer Googles the site or info tidbit he or she wants.

Getting the same level of search service on our PCs has been inexplicably problematic, despite the obvious fact that even the most stuffed computer contains only ...