By default Windows 7 will only search specific folders when you use the search function, but that can be easily expanded to include other folders as well.
Click the Start button and in the search box at the very bottom type "Indexing" then choose the result "Change How Windows Searches"
Choose the "Modify" button just below the list of indexed locations and this will open the Indexed Locations window.
Browse your file structure in the topmost list and click the checkbox next to the folder to add the folder and all of its sub-directories to the index. You can also click the small arrow between the check box and the location text to dig one level in the directory structure.
Once you have selected all the folders you wish to have indexed you may choose OK, then Close on the Indexing Options window while Windows begins rebuilding the Index to include your newly selected locations.
Click the Start button and in the search box at the very bottom type "Indexing" then choose the result "Change How Windows Searches"
Choose the "Modify" button just below the list of indexed locations and this will open the Indexed Locations window.
Browse your file structure in the topmost list and click the checkbox next to the folder to add the folder and all of its sub-directories to the index. You can also click the small arrow between the check box and the location text to dig one level in the directory structure.
Once you have selected all the folders you wish to have indexed you may choose OK, then Close on the Indexing Options window while Windows begins rebuilding the Index to include your newly selected locations.
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