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3 Click Search. When the search is completed, Windows lists the files and
folders whose names contain the text that you searched for.
4 Open a file, folder, or program by double-clicking the name in the list.
Help and Support
For more information about the
Windows desktop, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the keyword
searching in the Search box, then click
the arrow.
Using advanced search options
Search can find files meeting more criteria than file name. You can narrow your
search by selecting the search options that you want. You can search by the:
■ Date the file was created or modified.
■ Size of the file.
■ Type of file, such as a program or a text document.
Browsing for files and folders
A file or folder that you need is rarely right on top of your Windows desktop. It
is usually on a drive inside a folder that may be inside yet another folder, and
so on.
Windows drives, folders, and files are organized in the same way as a real file
cabinet in that they may have many levels (usually many more levels than a file
cabinet, in fact). So you will usually have to search through levels of folders to
find the file or folder that you need. This is called browsing.