We are surprised to see the number of Vista and Windows 7 users who aren’t using the search bar at the bottom of the start menu productively. It’s really a great feature.
1. Instead of scrolling through your long list of programs, just type the program’s name in the search bar. It will appear at the top of the menu. Just click it and go.
2. If you have more than one hard drive on your computer, you can open either drive by typing in its drive letter in the start menu search form. For example, I have an F:\ drive. If I want to access something on my F:\ drive, I just type F:\ in the start menu search form – the contents of the drive will be displayed in a flash.
These are just a couple of ways you can use the start menu search form to save time!
Try it. We’re betting you like it.
I do not like Windows 7, it is messy. I have a lot of programs/documents on my computers and can’t always remember the name or only part so using part of the name with * doesn’t help much. For me the search isn’t much use. With XP I had all my files and documents in folders, such as Office, Work, Art etc. and with a few clicks was able to find anything much faster than searching.
As my work involves logging into other people’s computers for tech support I have to have Windows 7 so I know how to use it on other machines, but I still have my old XP and use it mainly for personal work. Sure hope it lasts a long time. As for Windows 8, that Metro screen is an abomination and not useful, if I want shortcuts on my desktop (which I don’t), I can put them there myself.
Thank you for letting me sound off, and thank you for all your work helping others.
Janice
Just goes to show you can learn something every day. What a simple shortcut typing the drive letter to see the files. I have three hard drives & this is an excellent time saver. Many thanks
Outstanding! Just goes to show that we are
never to young in learning something anew that
is very useful. Thank you EB & TC!