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to 10 KB), Medium (100 KB to 1 MB), Huge (16 to 128 MB), and

Gigantic (greater than 128 MB).

As for the miscellaneous filters in the “Other properties” pop-up
menu—well, they require some explanation.

Type lets you specify (after the word Type: in the search box) what

general kind of thing you’re looking for: picture, sound, PDF,
document, folder, disk image, backup, JPG, DOC, and so on. More
on types in a moment.

Name lets you search for something by its filename only.
(Otherwise, Windows also shows you search results based on the
words inside the files.)

Folder path lets you type out the folder path (“The File Explorer
Address Bar”) of something you’re seeking.

Finally, Tags lets you search for items according to the label

you’ve applied to them, as described on “Tags, Metadata, and
Properties”.

Recent searches displays—correct!—recent searches you’ve

performed. It uses the shorthand described above, like “portrait of
mary kind:image” or “Book list size:medium.”

Advanced options is a shortcut to some of the options described
on “Where Windows Looks”, pertaining to non-indexed locations

(that is, other computers on your network, or external drives). Here
you can turn on the searching of zipped files and system files in
those places, or turn on searching of text inside their files. You also
get a shortcut to the Indexing Options dialog box described on

Figure 3-3.

Save search. This button becomes available once you’ve set up a

search.

When clicked, it generates a saved search file and asks you to
name it. (Behind the scenes, it’s a special document with the