You can now open the file, edit it, delete it, etc. Depending on the size of the Projects tree, it's quite likely that the search will return immediately with the found file highlighted: (See Figure 2.) Click in the search box (where it says, 'Search Projects') and start typing (without quotes) 'ReadMe.txt'. Since the File Explorer search is recursive, it can search the entire tree of subdirectories under Projects. Let's say you know you wrote a ReadMe.txt file to accompany one of your projects, but you've forgotten which one.

So your current folder is the Projects folder. Here is a picture of File Explorer with its search box circled: (See Figure 1.)

If you have folders that contain hundreds or thousands of files, using File Explorer's search capability will save you a great deal of time. One of the nice features of File Explorer is its ability to search for files, and content within files, that are in the current folder. I always have at least one File Explorer window open at all times, and often times there are a few on my screen. I've found File Explorer to be one of the handiest utilities within Windows that there is.

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