Saving Searches

After taking all that time to get a search just right, it would be a real pain if you had to repeat the entire procedure to run the same search later. Fortunately, Windows 8 takes pity on searchers by enabling you to save your searches and rerun them anytime you like. After you run a search, you save it by clicking the Save Search button in the ribbon’s Search tab. In the Save As dialog box that appears, type a name for the search and click Save.

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The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT must appear in alluppercase letters in your query.

Windows 8 saves your searches in the Searches folder, appropriately enough, and also adds ...

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