124. Windows 7 cheat Sheet

• Manage indexing options (add, remove search locations and file extensions):

To add/remove/edit search locations: Start-> Control Panel -> Indexing

Options ->Modify;

To add/remove file extensions: Start-> Control Panel -> Indexing

Options ->Advanced->File Types.

Filter:                       Explanation:

AND:                  Finds files that contain one word and another. Ex.: cat AND mouse

NOT :                 Find files that contain one word, but not the other. Ex.: cat NOT mouse

OR :                   Find files that contain either of the words. Ex.: cat OR mouse

Quotes:              Find files that contain the exact phrase. Ex.: “cat mouse”

>:                       Find files that are more than or later than a certain value. Ex.: date: >01/05/12

<:                       Find files that are less than or earlier than a certain value. Ex.: size: <100MB

* :                       Find all files with a certain extension. Ex.: *.docx

- :                       Exclude items. Ex.: linkin park -jay-z (space before the excluded item is important)

store:                 Limit search to a specific folder location or data store. Ex.: store:dropbox, store:outlook

kind:                  Limit search to a specific type. Ex.: kind:docs, kind:email, kind:video

name:               Find a file by its name. Ex.: name:”Makeuseof”

date:                 Search items based on dates. Ex.: date:today, date:past year

datemodified:   Search for file based on the modified date. Ex.: datemodified:01/05/2012

datetaken:        Searches for photos captured on a particular date: Ex.: datetaken: 01/05/2012

datecreated:     Searches for a file created on a particular date. Ex.: datecreated: 01/05/2012

deleted:            Search for deleted files in Recycle bin. Ex.: deleted:image.jpg

ext:                   Search for files of a specific extension. Ex.: ext:jpg, ext:mp3, ext:pdf

authors:             Find files based on the username of the person who created it. Ex.: Authors:john

artist:                 Find songs by artist. Ex.: artist:JayZ

genre:               Find songs by genre. Ex.: Genre:rap

album:              Find a particular album. Ex.: album:”Blueprint”

year:                 Find songs by release year. Ex.: year:2012

track:                Find song by its track number. Ex.: track:12

orientation:      Find an image by its visual orientation. Ex.: orientation:portrait

height:             Filter images by height. Ex.: Height:1024

width:              Filter images by width. Ex.: Width:800

size:                Search for a file of a specific size or range of size. Ex.: Size:=1mb..16mb, size:medium

Note: you can use multiple filters at the same time.

You can use Natural Language Search to perform searches in a simpler, user-friendly way, without using special

operators.

Example: email last week from John.

To turn on natural language search:

Start-> Control Panel-> Appearance and Personalization->Folder Options-> Search tab.

Select the Use natural language search check box.