Hi Cearbhall
I am not a great fan of the Windows 10 file explorer searching for a file
that you know you have put away and have forgotten where or how it was
labelled. I came across a nice software I use for searching that is small
and free and very easy to use. Called Everything you simply open it, type
in the key word or words and then tab to the search results. On opening it
defaults to the swarch bar and the key words are not case sensitive,
However it is used for file names only on your drive. Here is a llnk to the
installer.
Downloads - voidtools <https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/>.
Hope you find it usefull
John
On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 at 00:16, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <
cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Eamonn,
I have been struggling with this myself and your query prompted me to go
looking for sighted guidance from my wife and from Microsoft on "Be My
Eyes".
As a result, I found out that we need to focus on the nearest folder that
we
think might contain the file. So, I open "Documents" and have the first
folder in focus. If I think the file might be in a subfolder called
"Fighting
Blindness" then I should move to that folder.
To start the search, I press control+E to open the search textbox. I Type
the
keyword or keywords here. It is important to note that this search is case
sensitive so the capitals must be there if they are part of the keywords.
Press Enter to launch the search and wait while the rising pips indicate
that
a search is in progress.
Any files found should now be under the active cursor on the screen and be
spoken by the screen reader.
By the way, Control E launches the same search tool that the sighted person
launches when they click on the magnifying glass. So, the search results
should look the same as those that the sighted user sees.
I tried these steps with the "Be My eyes" assistant watching and it went
well.
I hope this works for you, too.
By the way, pressing the Windows key opens a different search engine that
will only give confusing results for the screen reader. Basically, this
search finds items on the web and not immediately on the PC.
Let us know how you get on with the control e search in File explorer.
All the best,
Cearbhall
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Hi gang,
I am trying to find a file on my PC; the name of which I cannot remember.
When I hit the windows key and type a phrase from the text file, web
choices
appear, but nothing relating to what's on my PC.
When doing a search in Windows 10, is there a way of limiting the results
to
what's on your PC; as opposed to matches from the web?
I recall Windows 7 having a very comprehensive search feature, which seems
to
be lacking in Windows 10. Or perhaps it's my understanding that slacking!
Any help will be much appreciated.
A very happy Easter -
Eamonn===========================================================
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