Windows 10: Help with Search function please

Hello folks, is there a way that I can ask my computer to search for all of the video's that have saved to the pc.

I am trying to find a particular video that I took with my camera and transferred to the pc and which I then deleted from the camera. I know that it is on the pc somewhere but I just cannot find it.

Thank you for any help that may be offered.

:)

 

Windows 10 failed attempts to use "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" function

Repeated backup failures. Running Windows 10, and when the “Backup and Restore (Windows 7) program is run front the Control Panel, I get the messages:



“Check your backup. The last backup did not complete successfully”.



“Windows Backup failed to get an exclusive lock on the EFI system partition (ESP). This may happen if another application is using files on the ESP.”



“Please retry the operation.”



Each time I retry, I get the same result and messages.

Windows 10 came installed on my Dell Inspiron 15 (500 Series) laptop. I have successfully used the same Backup and Restore (Windows 7) program to “Create a system image”, as well as to “Create a system repair disc”.

Please provide me with some insight and suggested actions.

 

Running windows 10 and lost browser connectivity after installing the 2013 Microsoft Office Suite

running windows 10 preinstalled on a new Dell lap top had no problem with windows browser, no problem installing Chrome, no problem downloading and activating 2013 Microsoft Office programs. BUT lost all browser connectivity after installing the 2013 Microsoft
Office Suite. Internet connectivity confirmed along with DNS, pings, etc.

Should I uninstall the 2013 Microsoft Office Suite?

 

Hi, the easiest and fastest way to do that is to install one of the freeware tools that have been mentioned here many times:

Ultrasearch/Everything by Void tools/Locate32
- all work the same way, fairly quickly index all files across all drives.
Instant find-as-you-type search.

I prefer Locate32 - although it's older, I find it more convenient to use and does everything the others do.

If you were to use file explorer search, that would be comparatively slow unless everything was indexed.

 

Code: For /r %UserProfile% %c in (*.mov *.avi *.wmv *.mpg *.mpeg *.mp4 *.flv) do @Echo %c >> %UserProfile%\Desktop\List.txt[/quote] The %UserProfile% is a environment variable which holds a value of a directory path of the user profile (C:\Users\{username} or "Documents and Settings"). You can replace the %UserProfile% variable with any directory path that you want to execute For command and list output of all movie files to List.txt file which will be created at your Desktop.
The asterisk symbol (*) is known as place holder for filenames or folders.

 

It may be slow if you often forget where things are a lot but you can just type kind:video into the normal file explorer search box without any extra software...





You can also look for other things like kindicture or kind:music - see here search query syntax

 

Here is a complete list of all Windows Search Advanced operators, like:

Documents docs kind:docs


Advanced Query Syntax (Windows) I like the Free app Everything voidtools

 

Brilliant replies, thank you so much everyone. I think that I am sorted now. Thanks again for being so helpful, very much appreciated.

 

@Bluenose1940

Glad to hear it's all sorted for you. Cheers! *Smile

 

I just cannot believe how quickly it found over 400 files, it was barely a few seconds! It took me longer to scroll through them to find the one I was looking for*Smile. Thanks again.