Much better and more configurable than Vista or XP

The built-in search feature in Windows 7/8/10 is significantly better than the terrible search options in Windows Vista and XP. Instead of installing a third-party program to search for files within files on your computer, you can now do it easily from within Windows 7/8/10.

Suppose you are a programmer or web developer and you want to be able to search your code files such as .aspx, .html, .java, .php, etc. Windows 7 allows you to configure the search indexer to index not only any file you want, but also its contents.

By default, the Search Indexer in Windows 7/8/10 indexes the most common locations where your files would be stored, i.e. all libraries, everything in your user folder, and email. If this isn’t enough, you can easily add or remove index locations.