3 Ways To Make Windows 7 Search File Contents

For example, if you wanted to search for a file inside of the “Documents” folder, you’d open Documents.

For example, if you’re looking for a file that has the phrase “An elephant never forgets” in its body, you would have content:an elephant never forgets in the search bar.

You can narrow your search results by typing in a longer or more distinct phrase from the file that you want to find.

You might instead see Files and folders here instead. If so, click that option.

If this box is already checked, file contents searching for Windows is currently enabled. You may first have to click the Search tab at the top of the window.