Desktop Search Syntax

To Restrict by File Type: Use

Desktop desktop
Files files
Outlook outlook
Outlook Express oe
Specific Folder foldername or in
All file types everything
Communications communications
Contacts contacts
E-mail email
Instant Messenger conversations im
Meetings meetings
Tasks tasks
Notes notes
Documents docs
Text documents text
Spreadsheets spreadsheets
Presentations presentations
Music music
Pictures pics
Videos videos
Folders folders
Folder name foldername or in
Favorites favorites
Programs programs
NOT social NOT security
social security
OR social OR security
Quotation marks "social security"
Parentheses (social security)
> date:>11/05/04
size:>500
< date:<11/05/04
size:<500
.. date:11/05/04..11/10/04
is:attachment report is:attachment
isonline: report isonline:true
isrecurring: report isrecurring:true
isflagged: report isflagged:true
isdeleted: report isdeleted:true
iscompleted: report iscompleted:false
hasattachment: report hasattachment:true
hasflag: report hasflag:true
Daydate:today
date:tomorrow
date:yesterday
Finds items with today's date.
Finds items with tomorrow's date.
Finds items with yesterday's date.
Week/Month/yeardate:this week
date:last week
date:next month
date:past month
date:coming year
Finds items with a date falling within the current week.
Finds items with a date falling within the previous week.
Finds items with a date falling within the upcoming week.
Finds items with a date falling within the previous month.
Finds items with a date falling within the upcoming year.
itle title, subject or about
Status status
Date date
Date modified datemodified or modified
Importance importance or priority
Size size
Deleted deleted or isdeleted
Is attachment isattachment
To to or toname
Cc cc or ccname
Company company
Location location
Category category
Keywords keywords
Album album
File name filename or file
Genre genre
Author author or by
People people or with
Folder folder, under or path
File extension ext or fileext
 Search Syntax
Example
store:desktop
store:files
store:outlook
store:oe
foldername:MyDocuments or in:MyDocuments
kind:everything
kind:communications
kind:contacts
kind:email
kind:im
kind:meetings
kind:tasks
kind:notes
kind:docs
kind:text
kind:spreadsheets
kind:presentations
kind:music
kind:pics
kind:videos
kind:folders
foldername:mydocs or in:mydocs
kind:favorites
kind:programs
Finds items that contain social, but not security.
Finds items that contain social, but not security.
Finds items that contain social or security.
Finds items that contain the exact phrase social security.
Finds items that contain social and security in any order.
Finds items with a date after 11/05/04.
Finds items with a size greater than 500 bytes.
Finds items with a date before 11/05/04.
Finds items with a size less than 500 bytes.
Finds items with a date beginning on 11/05/04 and ending on 11/10/04.
nds items that have attachments that contain report. Same as isattachment:true.
Finds items that are online and which contain report.
Finds items that are recurring and which containreport.
s items that are flagged (Review, Follow up, for example) and which contain report.
t are flagged as deleted (Recycle Bin or Deleted Items, for example) and which contain report.
Finds items that are not flagged as complete and which contain report.
Finds items containing report and having attachments
inds items containing report and having flags.
 title:"Quarterly Financial"
status:complete
date:last week
modified:last week
importance:high
size:> 50
isdeleted:true
isattachment:true
to:bob
cc:john
company:Microsoft
location:"Conference Room 102"
category:Business
keywords:"sales projections"
album:"Fly by Night"
filename:MyResume
genre:rock
author:"Stephen King"
with:(sonja or david)
folder:downloads
ext:.txt