#windows-search

Ich hatte nun seit einiger Zeit bei einigen Windows-10-Rechnern das Problem, dass die Windows-Suche (Windows Search) nicht mehr funktioniert hat. Ich hatte ein Windows-Update in verdacht, konnte aber nicht welches evtl. für dieses Problem verantwortlich sein könnte. Das Problem bestand bei einigen PCs bestimmt schon 6 Monate und ich habe damals keine Lösung dafür gefunden. Nun habe ich mich des…

Solution: What adjustments should be done for a SSD? #computers #dev #programming

What adjustments should be done for a SSD?

I have recently upgraded my desktop PC and installed a SSD as system drive.

I read somewhere that these drives “don’t like” being written on too much and that one needs to enable/disable certain OS features for such drives.

I checked the properties for the drive C: in Windows 8 and here’s what I got.

Q1: As you see Allow files on this drive to have…

Answer: Trouble trying to use Windows Search to search for file with a question mark in the content #fix #answer #dev

Trouble trying to use Windows Search to search for file with a question mark in the content

It seems that Windows Search is having trouble when I specify a question mark character as the content that I’m searching for within my files.

I’ve tried:

content:?

content:”?”

content:”\?”

content:\?

content:%3f

content:”%3f”

content:\3f

content:”\3f”

content:000\3F

but each of these yield no results…

Fix: What search utilities can search by file name in Windows 7? #computers #it #programming

What search utilities can search by file name in Windows 7?

I’ve just installed Windows 7 64-bit and have found that it’s file search really really sucks. What is a good alternative that I can load on my system to do file searching?

Note: I don’t care about text searching in the file. I just want to search by filename.

EDIT: To sum up what is mostly in the comments:

Agent Ransack – Has a big bug

Fix: How to search for a folder from the Windows 8 Start screen #computers #programming #it

How to search for a folder from the Windows 8 Start screen

In Windows 7, if you press the Windows key and type the name of a folder, and the folder shows up among the Start menu search results. In Windows 8, if you do the same thing, no folders are listed. The Files filter shows files with matching names, but no folders.

I realize that you can still search for folders from the Windows Explorer…

Fix: Windows 8.1 search charm slow, with explorer.exe CPU usage at 100% #computers #dev #it

Windows 8.1 search charm slow, with explorer.exe CPU usage at 100%

Since upgrading to Windows 8.1 this weekend, the Search feature became pretty useless. When I start typing, it sends my CPU usage to 100% (Task Manager shows Windows Explorer as the main offender), and results are pretty slow. The funny thing is, I have a i7 with 8 logical cores, and this is one of the rare times a single program…

Solution: Windows 7: Search indexing is stuck #solution #computers #it

Windows 7: Search indexing is stuck

When I open Indexing Options, it says:

4,317 items indexed Indexing in progress. Search results might not be complete during this time.

It’s stuck at 4,317 though; no more items have been indexed. Worst of all, SearchIndexer.exe is taking up 100% CPU (well, 50%, but I have a dual core CPU; it’s taking up all processing power it can). It is not causing hard…

How to: How to search inside PDFs with Windows Search? #answer #development #it

How to search inside PDFs with Windows Search?

I’d like to use Windows Search for searching through multiple PDFs in one go, but I see that in the Indexing Options’ Advanced Options screen, PDF files don’t have a registered IFilter:

What is an IFilter, and where can I get the appropriate one?

Answer [by gentlesea]: How to search inside PDFs with Windows Search?

An alternative way to search…