Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Miscellaneous. Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 7 forum. Marraco 0. Sign in to vote. Somebody gives me a 8Gb pen drive, and I need to find and get from it a specific zip,. In XP, i right click the pen drive root name, and click "Search Should I reboot and start another OS just to find a file?
Tuesday, May 26, PM. The search box in Windows 7 will allow you to search for anything, not just using the visible options. Below are how it distinguishes between queries: Moonshine This will return any file that has "Moonshine" in the file name, metadata, or contents. Name:Moonshine If you only want files with "Moonshine" in the name. Content:Moonshine To search exclusively for files with "Moonshine" in the contents.
As for your problem, I did a few rudimentary searches on my flash drive just now and XP and 7 returned near identical results. The only disrepancy was searching for exe's, 7 returned 34 and XP only 23 but aside from that and I don't have the will or energy to see why XP returned fewer results though I think it had something to do with. Marked as answer by Guillermo.
Marraco Thursday, June 4, PM. Thursday, June 4, PM. Marraco Wednesday, May 27, PM. Wednesday, May 27, AM. Guillermo - No You don't have to get medieval on it to find the file.. Assuming you've already plugged the drive into a USB port and Windows 7 has already found it. Open Windows Explorer 2. Look in the upper right corner of explorer. Just as in IE 8 and most other browsers these days there's a search box. Type in the name of the file you're looking for.
Click the magnifying glass next to the text box. Open your pen drive. In the top-right corner there should be a thing that says Search. Type in what you want to search for. There should by a magnifing glass by where you type your keyword s. Marraco Tuesday, May 26, PM. Browse All Linux Articles Browse All Buying Guides. Best iPhone 13 Pro Case. Best Bluetooth Headphones for Switch. Best Roku TV. Best Apple Watch. Best iPad Cases. Best Portable Monitors. Best Gaming Keyboards.
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