Windows 7 has been getting positive reviews all around and is a relief after Windows vista. Every feature is improved over previous version. But the search function in Windows 7 : is it really improved ? Here are a few tips to fasten the search process in Windows 7.

The search system has been improved in a way that a search box appears in explorer window, and you can write any of the file name or part of it to search for it. But the search itself takes a really long time. The search process is itself not made so, it just that some of the default option are such to make it slow. You can improve the speed of search capability by adjusting the options by the way you work and the way you store files.

Set Folder Options

1. Type ‘folder options’ in Windows start menu.

2. Click on the folder options category and then select the search tab.

3. Under ‘What to search’ , click the option labeled ‘Always search file names and contents.’

The default search doesn’t not look content in files that are not indexed which turns out to be significant amount of information. The search usually searches only the file names and not the contents , thus by enabling this option the search would also look at the match for the search words in the contents.

Indexing Options

1. Type ‘indexing options’ in Windows start menu. Click on the indexing options category.

Windows 7 greatly improves the speed at which it finds information that you search for by indexing certain locations in the background, and it’s in the Indexing Options dialog box that you tell Windows where you typically store your files.

If you’re the type of person who never changes the file locations suggested by the applications you install, you probably do not need to change anything in the Indexing Options dialogue box.

But if you archive your files in various locations in your hard drive, then these locations should be added to indexing.

2. To add a drive or folder, click the Modify button. Check all the drives you store your files in in the dialog box that opens. Click Ok to close the dialog box.

You’ll see with the changes you just made, the searches are more accurate as compared to before and hopefully fast than before too.