uh...The search option in vista is horrible O.o

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#1 snakeX14
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Everytime i try to search something using Vista, i dont get anything. Which is weird since i can find the file manually. But since i have a lot of files its kinda hard to remember where it was. Is there something i can do to fix it? or a program i can download to search? since the search option is vista is horrible -____-...
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#2 Trilvester
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Google desktop has an indexing feature that lets you search your computer. I use it everyday and its great.
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#3 Swiftstrike5
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It only searches indexed files unless you do an advanced search.

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#4 jimmyjammer69
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Make sure you're not just searching in indexed locations. There's an options somewhere.
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#5 DGFreak
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You also have the option to add additional locations to the index for faster searching next time.