Search syntax

	Property	Example	Function
	author:name	author:patrick	Finds items with patrick in the Author property.
	author:(name)	author:(patrick hines)	Finds items with patrick hines in the Author property.
	author:(name OR name)	author:(patrick OR bob)	Finds items with patrick or bob in the Author property.
	author:name name	author:patrick bob	Finds items with patrick in the Author property and bob anywhere in the document.
	from:name	from:patrick	Finds items with patrick in either fromName OR fromAddress, since “from” is a property name for both fromName and fromAddress.
	before:date	before:10/9/2007	Finds items whose PrimaryDate field contains a date before 10/9/2007.
	after:date	after:10/9/2007	Finds items whose PrimaryDate field contains a date after 10/9/2007.
	has:attachment	report has:attachment	Finds items containing the word report that have attachments. Same as hasattachment:true
	is:attachment	report is:attachment	Finds items that have attachments containing the word report. Same as isattachment:true

Numbers and ranges

To specify a date range, type the property followed by two dates. For example, type from:david sent:11/05/06..11/05/07. Windows Search recognizes all Windows date formats and also recognizes the following values:

• Relative dates: Today, tomorrow, yesterday
• Multi-word relative dates: week, next month, last week, past month, or coming year. The values can also be entered contracted, as follows: thisweek, nextmonth, lastweek, pastmonth, comingyear.
• Days: Sunday, Monday … Saturday
• Months: January, February … December

 

Size and date ranges

	Syntax	Results
	size:>50KB <70KB	Searches for files with a value in the Size between50 KB and 70 KB, excluding the end values.
	size:>=50KB <=70KB	Searches for files with a value in the Size property between 50 KB and 70 KB, including the end values.
	size:50KB..70KB	Same as size:>=50KB <=70KB
	date:>2/7/05<2/10/05	Searches for a date in the Date property between the values 2/7/05 and 2/10/05, excluding the end dates.
	date:>=2/7/05<=2/10/05	Searches for a date in the Date property between the values 2/7/05 and 2/10/05, including the end dates.
	date:2/7/05 .. 2/10/05	Same as date:>=2/7/05<=2/10/05

Note: on Windows Vista and higher, search syntax supports dates in the user’s current calendar. A query can use any of the formats defined in their Regional Options.

 

Common file properties

The terms listed in the preceding table can be used with any of the following file properties. For example, to find e-mail from “patrick” that was sent in 2008, your query would look like this: kind:email author:patrick after:12/31/2007. 

	To restrict by file type	Use	Example
	Communications	communications	kind:communications
	Contacts	contacts person	kind:person kind:contacts
	E-mail	email	kind:email
	Instant Messenger conversations	im	kind:im
	Meetings	meetings	kind:meetings
	Tasks	tasks	kind:tasks
	Notes	notes	kind:notes
	Documents	docs	kind:docs
	Music	music song	kind:music kind:song
	Pictures	pics pictures	kind:pics kind:pictures
	Videos	videos	kind:videos
	Folders	folders	kind:folders
	Folder name	foldername	foldername:mydocs
	Programs	programs	kind:programs
	Recorded TV	tv	kind:tv
	Link	link	kind:link
	Journal entry	journal	kind:journal

 

To restrict by file store

If you use multiple e-mail accounts and you want to limit a query to either Microsoft Office Outlook or Outlook Express, you can use the store: indicator to narrow your search scope. 

	Store	Use	Example
	Files	file	store:file
	Offline Files	csc	store:csc
	Outlook	mapi	store:mapi
	Outlook Express	outlookexpress	store:outlookexpress

Properties for file type: All

	Property	Use	Example
	Title	title, subject, about	title:manager
	Status	status	status:active
	Date	date	date:lastweek
	Date modified	datemodified, modified	modified:lastweek
	Importance	importance, priority	importance:high
	Size	size	size:>50MB
	Deleted	deleted,isdeleted	isdeleted:true
	Is attachment	isattachment	isattachment:false
	To	to, toname	to:johnsmith
	Cc	cc, ccname	cc:david
	Company	company	company:adventure-works
	Category	category	category:business
	Keywords	keywords	keywords:sports
	Album	album	album:greatest
	File name	filename, file	filename:2006hits
	Genre	genre	genre:jazz
	Author	author, by	author:david
	Folder	folder, under, path	folder:adminstration
	Ext	ext, fileext	ext:.rtf
	Tags	tag, keyword	tag:personal
	Type	type	type:image

 

Properties for file type: Contact

	Property	Use	Example
	Job title	jobtitle	jobtitle:manager
	IM address	imaddress	imaddress:luis@adventure-works.com
	Assistant’s phone	assistantsphone	assistantsphone:555-1212
	Assistant name	assistantname	assistantname:roberto
	Profession	profession	profession:accountant
	Nickname	nickname	nickname:louis
	Spouse	spouse	spouse:susana
	Business city	businesscity	businesscity:redmond
	Business postal code	businesspostalcode	businesspostalcode:98052
	Business home page	businesshomepage	businesshomepage:www.adventure-works.com
	Callback phone number	callbacknumber	callbacknumber:882-8080
	Car phone	carphone	carphone:555-1212
	Children	children	children:anna
	First name	firstname	firstname:maria
	Last name	lastname	lastname
	Home fax	homefax	homefax:555-1212
	Manager’s name	manager	manager:carlos
	Pager	pager	pager:882-8080
	Business phone	businessphone	businessphone:555-1212
	Home phone	homephone	homephone:555-1212
	Mobile phone	mobilephone	mobilephone:882-8080
	Office	officelocation	officelocation:red/101
	Anniversary	anniversary	anniversary:yesterday
	Birthday	birthday	birthday:tomorrow

 

Properties for file type: Communications (e-mail, appointments)

	Property	Use	Example
	From	from, organizer	from:simon
	Received	received, sent	sent:yesterday
	Subject	subject, title	subject:budget
	Has attachment	hasattachment, hasattachments	hasattachment:true
	Attachments	attachments, attachment	attachment:presentation.ppt
	Bcc	bcc, bccname	bcc:michael
	Bcc address	bccaddress, bcc	bccaddress:mike@contoso.com
	Cc address	ccaddress, cc	ccaddress:mike@contoso.com
	Follow-up flag	flagstatus flagstatus:followup	flagstatus:unflagged flagstatus:completed
	To address	toaddress, to	toaddress:mike@contoso.com
	Due date	duedate, due	due:10/15/2008
	Read	read, isread	isread:false
	Is completed	iscompleted	iscompleted:true
	Incomplete	incomplete	incomplete:true
	Has flag	hasflag, isflagged	hasflag:false
	Duration	duration	duration:>120

 

Properties for file type: Calendar

	Property	Use	Example
	Recurring	isrecurring recurring	isrecurring:true recurring:true
	Organizer	organizer, by, from	organizer:jonas
	Location	location	location:calgary

 

Properties for file type: Documents

	Property	Use	Example
	Comments	comments	comments:excellent
	Last saved by	lastsavedby	lastsavedby:josh
	Document manager	documentmanager	documentmanager:jonas
	Revision number	revisionnumber	revisionnumber:4a
	Date last printed	datelastprinted	datelastprinted:yesterday
	Slide count	slides	slides:>20

 

Properties for file type: Music

	Property	Use	Example
	Bit rate	bitrate	bitrate:>150kbps
	Artist	artist, by	artist:U2
	Year	year	year:1977..1987
	Album	album	album:”greatest hits”
	Genre	genre	genre:rock
	Lyrics	lyrics	lyrics:”happy birthday to you”
	Track	#, track	track:12
	Year	year	year:>1980<1990

 

Properties for file type: Picture

	Property	Use	Example
	Camera make	cameramake	cameramake:nikon
	Camera model	cameramodel	cameramodel:eclipse
	Dimensions	dimensions	dimensions:8×10
	Orientation	orientation	orientation:landscape
	Date taken	taken datetaken	taken:last datetaken:6/12/2006
	Width	width	width:33
	Height	height	height:66
	Flash mode	flashmode	flashmode:no flash

 

Properties for file type: Recorded TV

	Property	Use	Example
	Broadcast date	broadcastdate	broadcastdate:2005
	Channel number	channel	channel:7
	Closed captioning	closedcaptioning	closedcaptioning:true
	Date released	datereleased	datereleased:2007
	Episode name	episodename	episodename:zeppo

 

Properties for file type: Video

	Property	Use	Example
	Name	name subject	name:vacation subject:hawaii
	Ext	Ext filext	ext:wma filext:wma

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