Windows 10: Searching for documents with a specific text string

In WinXP it was possible to search for documents that have a specific text string (meaning a phrase or a word) WITHIN them.

In other words, you type in some word or phrase and the "find" function in XP turns up all the documents that contain it.

Is it possible to do this in 10? I can't seem to find a way.

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Searching for a particular string in a document using Windows Explorer?

Hi Darian,

The 'magnifying glass' to the left of the start button? Never thought about using that. When I enter Life of Brian in that search box I get the articles I'm looking for. That solved my problem ;-D

I was used to search using Windows Explorer, by going to the directory with the files I want searched, and entering my search string in the search box to the top right of Explorer. Strange that this (more obvious) way does not work, but searching
with the 'magnifying glass' does.

Thanks

 

Searching for a particular string in a document using Windows Explorer?

For my research I have a large collection of pdf documents in a folder. I would like to search for a particular string in these documents, for instance 'Life of Brian'. If I search on these 3 words, or add double quotes around this string, I find a lot of
documents that contain the word 'of'. That is not helping me. Is there a way to search for the literal string "Life of Brian" using Windows Explorer, or any other tool?

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In File Explorer click in the search location. You should now see a search in the tool bar at the top.

 

Assuming search indexing is working properly: note that File Explorer search should behave as you expect, if settings correct; Cortana search, on the other hand, will ONLY find indexed documents, and there are options to click on to select searching Apps, Documents, Music etc. (see Filters in Cortana's Window, top right)

Note settings that could stop this happening:



- per file



- per file type