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To clear the search box—either to try a different search or just to

get the regularly scheduled File Explorer window back—click the
little at the right end of the search box.

When you need to look up a number in the People app, don’t

bother opening Mail; it’s faster to use Search. You can type
somebody’s name or even part of someone’s phone number.

Customizing Search

You’ve just read about how Search works fresh out of the box. But you can
tailor its behavior, either for security reasons or to customize it to the kinds

of work you do.

Unfortunately for you, Microsoft has stashed the various controls that
govern searching into three different places. Here they are, one area at a

time.

Windows Search Settings

The → → Search→Windows Search screen lets you choose between
the Classic and Enhanced search methods described earlier, and exclude
certain folders from the search.

Folder Options

The second source of search settings is the Folder Options → Search dialog
box. To open it, find the View tab on the Ribbon in any Explorer window;

click Options. In the resulting dialog box, click the Search tab. Here’s what
you’ll find:

Don’t use the index when searching in file folders for system
files. If you turn this item on, Windows won’t use its internal
Dewey Decimal System for searching Windows itself. It will,

instead, perform the names-only, slower type of search.