How to Find a File

BillW
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How to Find a File

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This very elementary!

How do I try to find a plain text file on my hard drive that I wrote some time back that contains the text string "pass"?

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stuck
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Re: How to Find a File

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Open File Explorer and select 'This PC' then in the search box (top right) type in
    pass *.txt
press Enter and wait for the search to complete.

More specific criteria will speed up the search.

Ken

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Re: How to Find a File

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For example: if you know that the file will be in your Documents folder or one of its subfolders, navigate to Documents and follow the rest of Ken's instructions.
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Ted Myers
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Re: How to Find a File

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Have you tried Swiftsearch.exe I think its the best. It's portable.
If it wasn't for bad luck I'd have NO luck at all.
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