Windows Search Filters and Operators

Hello friends this article is all about make ease and faster your search box.

We all know about search function of windows. But in windows 7 have powerful and advanced search feature. Which allow users to search file based on file name and extension. but few thing which known to less people.its come with built in search filters and operators. In this article i will explain all those search filters and operators

Now we start search something, it shows ADD a search filter and two option DATE MODIFIED: or SIZE: .Using these available filters you can filter search to show files quick and ease.and one more thing when you click on date modified filter,you have more option.

 

There you have many option  available.

SAME ARE:-

Filter	Explanation
store:	Limit search to a specific folder location or data store. Ex.: store:desktop,store :outlook
kind:	Ex.: kind:docs, kind:text, kind:music, kind:folders, kind:email
name:	Find a file by its name. Ex.: name:”All this time”
date:	Search items based on dates. Ex.: date:today, date:yesterday, date:this week, date:past month
datemodified:	Search for file based on the modified date. Ex.: datemodified:05-05-2012
datetaken:	Searches for photos captured on a particular date: Ex.: datetaken:05-05-2012
datecreated:	Searches for a file created on a particular date. Ex.: datecreated:05-05-2012
deleted:	Search for deleted files in Recyble bin. Ex.: deleted:document.txt
ext:	Search for files of a specific extension. Ex.: ext:jpg, ext:mp3, ext:pdf
authors:	Find files based on the username of the person who created it. Ex. authors:renji
artist:	Find songs by its artist. Ex.: artist:OneRepublic
genre:	Find songs by genre. Ex. genre:rock
album:	Find a particular album. Ex.: album:”Waking Up”
year:	Find songs by release year. Ex.: year:2012
track:	Find song by its track number. Ex.: track:12
orientation:	Find an image by its visual orientation. Ex.: orientation:landscape
height:	Find image with a specific height. Ex. height:1600
width:	Find image with a specific width. Ex. width:1600
tags:	Find files based on the metadata tags.
size:	Search for a file of a specific size or range of size. Ex. size:=1mb..16mb, size:large

ENJOY!!!!!