This is the final blog entry in our five part post about using Windows Search with the Advanced Query Syntax or AQS. One of the most useful features of Windows is its Search; Search lets you locate your files and folders instantly. With Windows 7, Search has become an integral part of Windows, for Windows XP and Vista you can download Windows Search 4.0 to gain the same functionality.
The true power of Windows search is Advanced Query Syntax (AQS). With AQS your searches can be extremely efficient in locating your files and e-mails in Windows 7, Vista or Windows XP. AQS lets you to quickly define and narrow your searches.
Making your searches specific is as simple as defining a variety of keywords, or search parameters, which allow you to restrict your query to specific file types, specific locations, or properties within those types, or specific “file kinds”. At the top of the Windows Search Explorer, File kinds are displayed, which you can access by pressing the Windows Logo + F.
This is the first in a three part post to help you unleash the power of Microsoft Windows search and AQS
Part One – we introduce AQS using Numbers and Dates
Part Two – adding Names to your searches
Part Three – using searches with File Properties
Part Four – discusses Searches for data in Microsoft Outlook
Part Five – the final post discuses Searching by File Type and their search items
File type Document:
| Property | Use | Example |
| Last saved by | lastsavedby | lastsavedby:Mike |
| Slide count | slides | slides:>5 |
| Document manager | documentmanager | documentmanager:Jim |
| Revision number | revisionnumber | revisionnumber:1.0 |
| Comments | comments | comments:Approved |
| Date last printed | datelastprinted | datelastprinted:yesterday |
File type – Pictures
| Property | Use | Example |
| Date taken | taken datetaken |
taken:last datetaken:9/2/2005 |
| Camera make | cameramake | cameramake:Canojn |
| Camera model | cameramodel | cameramodel:X10 |
| Flash mode | flashmode | flashmode:Auto flash |
| Orientation | orientation | orientation:landscape |
| Dimensions | dimensions | Dimensions:5 X 7 |
| Height | height | height:67 |
| Width | width | width:94 |
File type – Video
| Property | Use | Example |
| Name | name subject |
name:Sales Meeting subject:Palo Alto |
| Ext | Ext filext |
ext:wma filext:wma |
File type – Music Files
| Property | Use | Example |
| Artist | artist, by | artist:Green Day |
| Album | album | album:”greatest misses” |
| Lyrics | lyrics | lyrics:“ I walk alone” |
| Track | #, track | track:7 |
| Year | year | year:1992..1999 |
| Bit rate | bitrate | bitrate:>150kbps |
| Genre | genre | genre:Punk |
| Year | year | year:>1990<2000 |
File type – Recorded Television Programs
| Property | Use | Example |
| Episode name | episodename | episodename:missing |
| Channel number | channel | channel:9 |
| Broadcast date | broadcastdate | broadcastdate:2009 |
| Date released | datereleased | datereleased:2009 |
| Closed captioning | closedcaptioning | closedcaptioning:true |
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