Thursday, 16 January 2014

How to Create a Search Shortcut on the Desktop in Windows 8.1







Do you do a lot of searching in Windows Explorer? You can make it quicker and easier for yourself with a custom shortcut on your Desktop. We’ll show you how to create a shortcut that opens Windows Explorer ready for you to begin a search.

Right-click in any empty space on the Desktop and select New | Shortcut from the popup menu.



On the Create Shortcut dialog box, enter the following in the Type the location of the item edit box.


%windir%\explorer.exe search-ms:

Click Next.



Enter a name for the shortcut, such as Search, in the Type a name for this shortcut edit box. Click Finish.



The shortcut is created where you originally selected New | Shortcut. You can move it to where you want it on the Desktop.



Simply double-click the shortcut to open a Windows Explorer window ready for your search term, as shown at the beginning of this article.

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