General Save Search Query in Windows 11

@Brink

Nice Thank you

Another thing I didn't know!
Am I right in thinking that if the dispaly is shut down, after the set time, then the Search stops? If so, how can it be restarted at the same stage without having to start over?

Snugglebugs said:

Another thing I didn't know!
Am I right in thinking that if the dispaly is shut down, after the set time, then the Search stops? If so, how can it be restarted at the same stage without having to start over?

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Hello,

The current search shouldn't stop if it's only the display turning off. That would be no different than a screen saver.

If the search gets interrupted, then yeah you'll have to start over.

I have saved a query as in your screenshots but i seems as if the query is saved but NOT the results. So opening the saved search file simply causes the search to be repeated. Is that right?
(As I am searching the whole of a 4TB drive, doing it again rather misses the point I would have thought.)

Snugglebugs said:

I have saved a query as in your screenshots but i seems as if the query is saved but NOT the results. So opening the saved search file simply causes the search to be repeated. Is that right?
(As I am searching the whole of a 4TB drive, doing it again rather misses the point I would have thought.)

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Correct. It will still perform a search. Only what and how to query by Search is what's saved.

Brink said:

Correct. It will still perform a search. Only what and how to query by Search is what's saved.

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It appears to be a bit faster, but not by much! Pity but thanks

As I needed a list that I could refer to on other days, the saved search, of only the search method, meant that the next time I could use it, but had to wait almost as long for it to do it again - no help at all I am afraid. I am using a key file that I include in new folders since 2007 to make it easy for me to search for additional folders that I have made on the fly. The folders hold all types of files that I have found online that will be of later use. As I need something more useful; I have "invented" a method that works as follows: See screenshot and file attached. By the way, I have those research folders going back many years stored on six different drives.

§ In preparation I created an empty *.txt page on Notepad named Example.txt.

§ First - as stated, all the folders will have a copy of a unique file named IMG_0942.JPG. But for my first trial of the method I used an odd file called Saturday 23rd april *.jpg". I know there are several on a drive so used the asterisk for the search to find more than one result.
When the search was finished I had to be very careful NOT to use Save Search as that command results in the results disappearing as soon as the save file is created!

§ Tnen I highlighted one result and used Xtrl+A to select all the files listed on the results page.

§ I then Iused left click (I use a left hand mouse) to open context menu and selected Copy as Path

§ Then in the new Example.txt file I used Ctrl+V to copy all the file paths found and saved it. It's now possible to use Save Search as a backup if ever I need to do it again.

Now I can use that file of addresses any time I need without having to re-search every time I do some more work on my project. Another benefit, I can compare many searches at once at the clisk of a mouse.

Hi,
I just reinstalled Windows 11 24H2 from bare metal on my computer. I have a .search-ms file that I restored from a backup, and it works.
However, two things are missing:

1. When I double click the saved search, it does the search, but the search box is left empty, so I cannot see the actual search query. That prevents me from fine tuning it and saving it as a new saved search.
2. When I do a fresh search, e.g. "*.exe" in "C:\Program Files (x86)", the search works, but when I right click the search field, the context menu only has "Paste" and "Select All".

Is anyone else experiencing this? Has search saving been removed in Windows 11 24H2?