Hi John,
when you search for these files that you can't find, do you know which
folder they are in?
When you search from the start screen ,the only folders which are searched
are those that are indexed. By default these are your personal folder, and
all the folders included in your libraries, and your SkyDrive folder (if
present). Your personal folder includes folders like documents and music.
If you want some other folder to be searched for files, you can either
include it in an existing or a new library, or manually add it to the
folders to be indexed. You can do this in the Indexing options dialog, in
the Control panel.
If the folder isn't indexed and you want further instructions to change
that, then just ask,
David.
original message:
Hello David,
Thanks for this. I knew about WINDOWS KEY F but most of the time nothing
happens when I do this. When it does work, it never finds any file on my
hard disk with a name (or part of a name) which I type in.
I've done the unchecking of Bing now, as you suggest, but, again, nothing
is found on my hard disk after I type in a given file name. Or, at least,
nothing can be read using NVDA.
It's all pretty useless on my PC, even if it does work for others. It must
have some fundamental operational issues.
I'll be upgrading to Win 10 as soon as Edge and other features become more
accessible, so hopefully, things will start to work better then.
John.
On 02/08/2016 17:04, David Bailes wrote:
Hi John,
I'm assuming that you're using 8.1 rather than the original Windows 8.
If you just want to search for files, press Windows key + F, rather than
just windows key.
If you don't want to see any web results when you search everywhere:
1. Open PC Settings. For example, press Windows Key to move to the Start
screen, type PC Settings, and press Enter.
2. In the list of the main categories in PC settings, press Down Arrow
until you get to Search and Apps, and then press Enter. You're taken to a
list of the sub-categories of Search and Apps, and the first sub-category
Search is selected.
3. Tab to the Get Search suggestions and web results from Bing button. By
default this is checked, and you can uncheck it by pressing Spacebar.
4. Press Alt + F4 to close PC Settings.
If you need more info, see:
http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Search-Pane-8p1-Guide.html
best wishes,
David.
original message:
Hello All,
After pressing the Windows Logo key and typing in part of a filename, ,
does anyone know if you can stop Windows 8 from constantly searching the
internet for something you wish to find on your hard disk only?
Thanks.
John.
