The results appear instantly.

TheMoremenu is where youll find most of these.

go for the item you want to open.

“Wedding” search results in Windows 10 taskbar search

Not sure if that’s what you want to open?

Its useful if you already know where the file is located.

launch the folder you want to search through.

Photos in Windows 10 search results

One way to start drilling through your various folders is to search forFile Explorerfrom the taskbar search bar.

If the folder is already open, skip this step.

go for the search bar at the top-right of the window.

File Explorer in Windows 10 search.

key in the search term and pressEnter.

Along the top of a folder, just above the list of files, are clickable headings.

Select one to sort the entire list by that criteria.

File Explorer search box

Consider a folder full of hundreds of music files.

You want to locate the largest one because it’s taking up too much space.

There are lots of other ways beyond size to sort a list of files.

Rescue search results showing two files

Right-click a column heading to access all of them.

Doing this also prevents finding files in other folders with the same name.

There are lots offree file search toolswhich do a great job;Everythingis one example.

If you’re still having trouble, check to see if the Search service is running.

You may need to rebuild the Windows 10 search indexing options.

you’ve got the option to alsoview your shared Windows foldersin the Command Prompt using thenet sharecommand.

you gotta download a tool that canfind and delete duplicate fileslike Duplicate Cleaner.

you could then search for the files like normal.