Windows 10中的搜索(Search)功能随着操作系统(operating system)的每个新版本而不断发展。它现在比以往任何时候都更强大、更完整。无论您是想查找文档、应用程序、照片、文件、文件夹、电子邮件，还是进行网络搜索，Windows 10 中的搜索几乎(Windows 10)可以(Search)找到任何内容。尽管您可以在需要时立即开始使用它，但最好花一些时间将搜索(Search)配置为按照您喜欢的方式工作。这是如何做：
注意：(NOTE:)如果您在互联网上搜索有关如何在Windows 10中使用(Windows 10)搜索(Search)的信息时来到这里，您应该首先阅读：如何在Windows 10中搜索。成为专业(Pro)人士的十个技巧。我们使用带有2019 年 11 月(November 2019)更新的(Update)Windows 10撰写本文。如果您运行的是旧版本的操作系统(operating system)，我们将要展示的某些功能和设置可能无法在您的 PC 上使用。
如何打开Windows 10 搜索(Search)设置
在配置 Windows 10搜索(Search)的工作方式之前，您必须知道如何进行设置。到达那里的一种快速方法是单击或点击任务栏上的搜索框(search box)，按弹出按钮右上角的选项(Options)按钮（看起来像三个点），然后在菜单中选择搜索设置。(Search settings)
进入搜索(Search)设置的另一种方法是打开设置应用程序(Settings app)（键盘快捷键(keyboard shortcut) Windows + I），然后单击或点击搜索(Search)。
无论哪种方式，您都应该从“设置”应用程序访问此(Settings)搜索(Search)页面：
现在让我们看看如何个性化 Windows 10搜索(Search)的工作方式：
1. 如何从Windows 10搜索中过滤(Search)成人内容(adult content)
关于 Windows 10搜索(Search)在您的计算机或设备(computer or device)上的工作方式，您可以更改的第一个设置称为安全搜索(SafeSearch)。它允许您选择是否以及如何过滤网络搜索结果。默认情况下，Windows 10 会告诉您“在 Windows 搜索中，如果 Web 预览可能包含成人内容，则不会自动加载 Web 结果。”("In Windows Search, web previews will not automatically load web results if they may contain adult content.")
但是，如果您选择在搜索(Search)中预览网页结果，您可以选择使用以下三个成人内容过滤器之一：
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严格(Strict)- 不显示来自网络结果的任何可能包含成人内容(adult content)的文本、图像和视频。
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中等(Moderate)- 过滤可能包含成人内容(adult content)的图像和视频，但不会阻止网络结果中的任何文本。
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关闭(Off)- 不对网络结果中的成人内容使用任何过滤器。(adult content)
2. 如何在Windows 10搜索中包含来自(Search)OneDrive 和 Outlook的内容(OneDrive and Outlook)
默认情况下，如果您使用Microsoft 帐户登录(Microsoft account)Windows 10 ，或者如果您在OneDrive 或 Outlook(OneDrive or Outlook)等应用中连接到您的Microsoft 帐户(Microsoft account)，则搜索(Search)可以在您的云服务中查找内容。这意味着您获得的搜索结果可以包含个人电子邮件、照片、视频、文档、文件和人员等内容。
但是，如果您不希望Windows 10 搜索(Search)查看您的云帐户，您可以阻止它四处游荡。在“设置”应用的“(Settings)权限和历史记录”(Permissions & History)页面上，有一个名为“云内容搜索(Cloud content search)”的部分。在其中，您有两个开关——一个用于Microsoft 帐户(Microsoft account)，一个用于工作或学校帐户(Work or School account)——您可以打开或关闭它们，以启用或禁用在“个人电子邮件、照片、文档和文件”中的搜索。("personal emails, photos, documents, and files.")
3. 如何让Windows 10 搜索(Search)使用您登录的其他设备上的历史记录
在设置(Settings)应用程序的同一权限和历史记录(Permissions & History)页面上，您可以选择是否希望Windows 10搜索(Search)能够使用您的历史记录(History)。您的历史记录(History)分为两个不同的实体：您的设备历史记录(device history)和搜索历史记录(search history)。相应地调用它们中的每一个的开关：
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“我的设备历史记录”("My device history")可以“使用 [您的] 已登录设备的应用、设置和其他历史记录改进设备上的搜索。”("improve on-device searches using app, settings, and other history from [your] signed-in devices.")
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“我的搜索历史”("My search history")可以“使用 [您的] 登录设备中的 [您的] 搜索历史来改进设备上的搜索”。("improve on-device searches using [your] search history from [your] signed-in devices.")
在两个历史开关下方，您还会获得一个名为“搜索历史设置”的链接。("Search history settings.")单击或点击此链接将打开您的默认 Web 浏览器，并将您带到您的Microsoft 帐户(Microsoft account) 隐私(Privacy)网页，您可以在其中管理您的搜索历史记录(search history)。
4.如何选择Windows 10 (Windows 10) Search索引的内容
如果您选择搜索(Search)设置左侧的搜索窗口(Searching Windows)，您可以访问索引选项。换句话说，您可以在此处告诉 Windows 10搜索(Search)哪些类型的内容可以并且由您的计算机或设备(computer or device)编制索引。
您在这里看到的第一件事是来自Windows的一条消息，它告诉您“对您的 PC 内容编制索引有助于您在 [您] 搜索文件、电子邮件或其他本地内容时获得更快的结果。” ("indexing the content of your PC helps you get faster results when [you're] searching it for files, emails, or other local content.")然后，您可以查看索引状态(Indexing Status)：您的 PC 是否正在索引内容，您的 PC 上已将多少项目添加到索引中，以及有多少项目处于待处理状态。
“查找我的文件”(Find My Files)设置可让您选择 PC 中的哪些位置包含在搜索中。
经典(Classic)选项意味着 Windows 10搜索(Search)只能在您的库和桌面中查找文件，而增强选项(Enhanced)允许搜索(Search)查看“您的整个 PC，包括库和桌面”。("your entire PC, including libraries and desktop.")
如果您想使用经典(Classic)选项，但还想在搜索位置中包含其他文件夹，请单击或点击(click or tap)“在此处自定义搜索位置”("Customize search locations here")链接。这将打开一个名为Indexing Options的窗口，您可以在其中随意添加或删除索引位置。
要将您自己的文件夹添加到Windows 10的索引中，请单击或点击(click or tap)修改(Modify)。然后，您可以看到可用于索引的位置列表。浏览(Browse)它们，选中您要编制索引的位置，然后取消选中您要从索引中排除的位置。
回到设置(Settings)应用程序，它也会向您显示排除文件夹的列表，(Excluded Folders,)并且在其开头，您可以单击或点击添加排除(Add an excluded) 文件夹(folder)以阻止Windows 10对其进行索引。
搜索 Windows(Searching Windows)页面的最后一部分称为更多搜索索引器设置(More Search Indexer Settings)，正如Windows 10告诉您的那样，“如果您需要微调 Windows 搜索的方式或位置，或者 Windows 将搜索的文件类型，您可以使用高级设置。 " ("if you need to fine tune how or where Windows will search or which file types Windows will search you can use the advanced settings.")单击或点击高级搜索索引器设置(Advanced Search Indexer Settings)会打开我们之前讨论过的同一索引选项(Indexing Options)窗口，您可以在其中添加或删除搜索索引(search index)中的位置。
5.如何配置搜索索引设置(Search Index Settings)并选择要索引的文件类型(File Types)
在“索引选项(Indexing Options)”窗口中，您不仅可以向搜索索引(Search Index)添加或删除位置，还可以访问高级(Advanced)搜索设置。请注意，您应该谨慎对待这些设置，因为它们可以在很大程度上改变搜索(way search)的工作方式，并且做出错误的决定可能会破坏或减慢搜索，以及无法返回您可能需要的某些项目。如果您确定需要更改高级(Advanced)搜索设置，请单击或点击高级(Advanced)（您需要成为管理员才能执行此操作）。
高级选项(Advanced Options)窗口有两个选项卡：索引设置(Index Settings)和文件类型(File Types)。让我们看看每个都有哪些设置：
在索引设置(Index Settings)选项卡上，第一个设置是“索引加密文件”。("Index encrypted files.")默认情况下，此设置应处于关闭状态，并且仅当您要为在使用 BitLocker 或类似解决方案的全卷加密的驱动器上找到的位置编制索引时才应启用(BitLocker)它。(volume encryption)
可用的第二个设置 - “将带有变音符号的相似单词视为不同的单词”("Treat similar words with diacritics as different words") - 完全按照它所说的那样做。如果您使用两种或多种语言并且保存名称包含变音符号的文件，您可能会发现它很有用，但您应该知道，如果启用此设置，则需要重建整个Windows 10索引，并且这可能需要很长时间。
接下来，在疑难解答(Troubleshooting)区域中，如果您认为搜索索引有问题，您可以重建(Rebuild)搜索索引。(search index)尽管可以通过重建索引来修复损坏的索引等问题，但请注意与以前相同的警告：这可能需要很长时间！
索引设置(Index Settings)的最后一个选项是索引位置(Index location)。默认情况下，Windows 10 将搜索索引(Search Index)保存在C:ProgramDataMicrosoft中。但是，您可以根据需要选择其他位置。单击(Click)或点击Select new，选择位置，按OK保存设置，然后重新启动Windows 10以便它可以开始使用新的索引位置(index location)。
在文件类型(File Types)选项卡上，您可以管理Windows 10索引的文件类型。如果您不想为某种类型的文件编制索引，只需从列表中取消选中它即可。此外，对于每种文件类型(file type)，您可以选择是否希望Windows 10仅索引文件(index file)属性，或者也索引文件内容。
最后，如果发现索引列表(index list)中没有找到某个文件类型(file type)，可以手动添加。键入文件类型使用的扩展名，然后单击(file type and click)或点击添加(Add)。
按确定，(OK,)您所做的所有更改都将保存。
对于 Windows 10 搜索的工作方式，您有何改变？
这些是您可以针对 Windows 10搜索(Search)的工作方式更改的所有设置。你有什么想要添加到它们的，或者你认为它们已经足够了吗？此外，如果您在Windows 10中的(Windows 10)搜索(Search)方面需要帮助，或者您有要添加到本指南的内容，请随时发表评论。
5 ways to configure how the Windows 10 Search works
The Search in Windows 10 has evolved with every new version of the operating system. It is now more powerful and more complete than it has ever been. Whether you want to find documents, apps, photos, files, folders, emails, or even do web searches, the Search from Windows 10 can find almost anything. Although you can start using it as soon as you need it, it's best if you spend some time configuring Search to work just the way you like it. Here's how:
NOTE: If you've arrived here while searching the internet for information on how to use the Search in Windows 10, you should first read: How to search in Windows 10. Ten tips to become a Pro. We wrote this article using Windows 10 with November 2019 Update. If you're running an older version of the operating system, some features and settings that we're going to show might not be available on your PC.
How to open the Windows 10 Search settings
Before you can configure how Windows 10 Search works, you must know how to get to its settings. One fast way to get there is to click or tap on the search box on your taskbar, press the Options button from the top-right corner of the flyout (it looks like three dots), and then select Search settings in the menu.
Another way to get to the Search settings is to open the Settings app (keyboard shortcut Windows + I) and then click or tap on Search.
Either way, you should get to this Search page from the Settings app:
Now let's see how to personalize the way Windows 10 Search works:
1. How to filter adult content from Windows 10 Search
The first setting that you can change about how Windows 10 Search works on your computer or device is called SafeSearch. It lets you choose whether and how you want to filter web search results. By default, Windows 10 tells you that "In Windows Search, web previews will not automatically load web results if they may contain adult content."
However, if you choose to preview web results in Search, you can choose to use one of three adult content filters:
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Strict - doesn't show any text, images, and videos from the web results that may have adult content.
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Moderate - filters images and videos that may contain adult content, but doesn't block any text from the web results.
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Off - doesn't use any filter for adult content in web results.
2. How to include content from OneDrive and Outlook in Windows 10 Search
By default, if you sign in to Windows 10 using a Microsoft account or if you connect to your Microsoft account in apps such as OneDrive or Outlook, the Search can look for content in your cloud services. That means that the search results you get can contain things such as personal email, photos, videos, documents, files, and people.
However, you can stop the Windows 10 Search from looking inside your cloud accounts if you don't want it poking around. On the Permissions & History page from the Settings app, there's a section called Cloud content search. In it, you get two switches - one for Microsoft account and one for Work or School account - which you can turn on or off, to enable or disable the search in your "personal emails, photos, documents, and files."
3. How to make Windows 10 Search use your history from other devices on which you've signed in
On the same Permissions & History page from the Settings app, you can choose whether you want the Windows 10 Search to be able to use your History. Your History is divided into two different entities: your device history and your search history. The switches for each of them are called accordingly:
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"My device history" can "improve on-device searches using app, settings, and other history from [your] signed-in devices."
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"My search history" can "improve on-device searches using [your] search history from [your] signed-in devices."
Underneath the two history switches, you also get a link called "Search history settings." Clicking or tapping on this link opens your default web browser and takes you to your Microsoft account Privacy web page, where you can manage your search history.
4. How to choose what content is indexed by Windows 10 Search
If you select Searching Windows on the left side of the Search settings, you get access to the indexing options. In other words, this is where you tell Windows 10 Search what types of content can and is indexed by your computer or device.
The first thing you see here is a message from Windows, which tells you that "indexing the content of your PC helps you get faster results when [you're] searching it for files, emails, or other local content." Then, you get to see the Indexing Status: whether your PC is indexing content right now, how many items on your PC have been added to the index, and how many are pending.
The Find My Files settings let you choose what locations from your PC are included in searches.
The Classic option means that Windows 10 Search can only look for files in your libraries and desktop, while the Enhanced option lets Search look into "your entire PC, including libraries and desktop."
If you want to use the Classic option, but also want to include other folders in the search locations, click or tap on the "Customize search locations here" link. That opens a window called Indexing Options, where you can add or remove indexed locations as you please.
To add your own folders to Windows 10's index, click or tap on Modify. Then, you can see a list of locations available for indexing. Browse through them, check the locations you want to index, and uncheck the locations that you want to exclude from the index.
Going back to the Settings app, it too shows you a list of Excluded Folders, and, at its beginning, you can click or tap on Add an excluded folder to stop Windows 10 from indexing it.
The final section from the Searching Windows page is called More Search Indexer Settings and, just as Windows 10 tells you, "if you need to fine tune how or where Windows will search or which file types Windows will search you can use the advanced settings." Clicking or tapping on the Advanced Search Indexer Settings opens the same Indexing Options window that we talked about earlier, where you can add or remove locations from the search index.
5. How to configure the Search Index Settings and choose what File Types are indexed
In the Indexing Options window, you don't just get to add or remove locations to the Search Index, you also get access to the Advanced search settings. Note that you should treat these settings carefully because they can alter the way search works in significant ways, and making bad decisions can break or slow searches, as well as fail to return some items that you might need. If you're sure you need to alter the Advanced search settings, click or tap on Advanced (you need to be an administrator to be able to do that).
The Advanced Options window has two tabs: Index Settings and File Types. Let's see what settings are available in each:
On the Index Settings tab, the first setting is "Index encrypted files." By default, this setting should be off, and you should enable it only if you are going to index locations that are found on drives that are using full volume encryption with BitLocker or similar solutions.
The second setting available - "Treat similar words with diacritics as different words" - does exactly what it says. Although you might find it useful if you're using two or more languages and you're saving files with names that include diacritics, you should be aware that, if you enable this setting, the entire Windows 10 index needs to be rebuilt, and that can take a long time.
Next, in the Troubleshooting area, you can Rebuild the search index if you believe that something's wrong with it. Although issues like a corrupted index can be repaired by rebuilding it, take heed of the same warning as before: it could take a very long time!
The final option from the Index Settings is Index location. By default, Windows 10 saves the Search Index in C:ProgramDataMicrosoft. However, you can select a different location if you want. Click or tap on Select new, choose the location, save your settings by pressing on OK, and then restart Windows 10 so that it can start using the new index location.
On the File Types tab, you can manage what types of files are indexed by Windows 10. If you don't want files of a certain type to be indexed, simply uncheck it from the list. Also, for each file type, you can choose whether you want Windows 10 to index file properties only, or also the file contents.
Finally, if you find that a certain file type is not found in the index list, you can add it manually. Type the extension used by the file type and click or tap on Add.
Press OK, and all the changes you've made are saved.
What would you change about the way Windows 10 Search works?
These are all the settings you can change for how Windows 10 Search works. Is there anything you would want to add to them, or do you believe that they're more than enough? Also, if you need help with Search in Windows 10, or if you have something to add to this guide, don't hesitate to leave a comment.
