How to Search Contents of Files in Windows 7

by Sumit Sharma Digital Marketing Specialist

Are you facing difficulty in locating a file stored in your computer? If you are struggling with Windows search, then do not worry. You can make use of the Windows inbuilt search feature for this purpose. Here’s how to search contents of files in Windows 7

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How to Use File and Folder Search Options?

Go to the file and folder which you wish to search. If you wish to search for any particular file and folder for the content of the file, then you have to launch the folder.
In case you wished to search the folder by going to the Downloads folder, then you have to launch the Documents.
Press the search box. You will get the box in the top right-hand side of the screen.
Type the “content search.” You have to enter the “content:” into the text field.
Type the content search term. Once the “content:” dialog box start appearing on the screen, enter the word or phrase which you wish to add to the search contents of files in Windows 7.
Go through the results displaying on the screen. Every file which is showing in the search box will instantly index by content, and you have to view the desired files and folder in any place near the upper side of the screen in case you have typed the word and phrase properly.

How to Enable Content Searching for All Files?

Go to the Start menu. Tap on the Windows symbol given in the end left-hand side of the display. Now, the start window gets open on display.
Enter “change search options for files and folders” into the see more results box. It is located at the end of the Start menu.
Press on the Change search options for files and folders option. It is located near the upper side of the Start menu.
Go through the “Always search file names and contents” column. You will get this column in the “When searching non-indexed locations” tab of the display.
Tap on the Apply button and after that, press on the OK button. You will get both the buttons at the end of the display. After going through this procedure, it will automatically save the changes you had made in settings.

The methods mentioned above will help you easily find content in files stored on your Windows 7 computer.

Billy Mark is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Mcafee products at mcafee.com/activate