您想快速轻松地在Windows 11电脑上查找任何内容吗？无论您要查找应用、文件、设置还是 Web 结果，都可以使用(Whether)Windows 11中的内置搜索功能来查找您需要的内容。
为了帮助您，我们将解释如何使用和自定义 Windows 11 上的搜索功能以满足您自己的要求。
Windows 11 上的搜索如何(Does Searching)工作？
在Windows 11(Windows 11)中搜索不仅仅是查找文件。您可以使用Windows 11的内置搜索功能来查找 PC 上的几乎所有内容，无论是应用程序、特定设置的位置，还是从“开始”菜单查找在线搜索结果(Start)。
搜索功能还与其他Microsoft服务很好地集成，因此您可以使用它来查找OneDrive、Outlook或SharePoint等链接服务的结果，只要它链接到您当前的Microsoft帐户即可。
您可以从任务栏(Taskbar)和开始(Start)菜单以及文件资源管理器(File Explorer)访问许多搜索功能。您还可以使用键盘快捷键和过滤器来优化搜索并获得更相关的结果。
如何在 Windows 11 上访问搜索
有几种不同的方法可以在Windows 11电脑上访问搜索功能。
- 单击(Click)任务栏(Taskbar)上的搜索图标或搜索框或使用Windows键 + S 键盘快捷键打开Windows 11搜索菜单。您可以在此处查看最近搜索、搜索亮点和网络结果的列表。
- 按“开始”(Start)菜单图标或按Windows键打开“开始(Start)”菜单，然后开始使用顶部的搜索框。(Search)一旦您单击或在框中键入内容，“开始”(Start)菜单将切换到搜索模式并开始使用您键入的内容作为搜索查询。
- 打开“开始”(Start)菜单并开始键入以自动执行搜索。这可能是在您的电脑上启动搜索查询而无需打开任何其他菜单或窗口的最快方法。
- 单击(Click)文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中的搜索框或使用Ctrl + F键盘快捷键查找电脑上的文件和文件夹。
如果您要搜索其他类型的内容（例如应用程序或设置），则需要使用搜索菜单或“开始”(Start)菜单来查找它们。但是，如果您使用文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中的搜索功能，您将仅限于搜索特定文件 -例如，
您无法使用它来查找“设置”应用程序中的设置。(Settings)
如果您在 Windows 11 上的搜索框中输入内容时(type into the search box on Windows 11)遇到困难，请不要忘记打开“开始”(Start)菜单并开始在那里输入内容。
如何在 Windows 11 上优化您的搜索
尽管您可以在搜索(Search)框中键入任何内容并获得相关结果，但您也可以使用一些技巧来优化搜索并获得更具体的结果。
使用搜索过滤器
在“开始”(Start)菜单或搜索框中优化搜索的最快方法是使用搜索过滤器。执行搜索查询时，您可以单击应用程序、文档、网页、文件夹、音乐、照片、人员或设置等过滤器之一来缩小搜索范围。
或者，您也可以键入带有过滤器前缀的查询。例如，如果您想搜索特定文档，您可以输入类似 apps: keywords 的内容，查询将仅显示与您指定的关键字匹配的文件。
例如， apps: word 将查找文件名中包含Word 的(Word)所有应用程序，例如Microsoft Word或WordPad。输入 apps:word （无空格）也适用于单字查询。
使用搜索运算符和通配符
您还可以使用搜索运算符和通配符来帮助您优化搜索以获得更精确的结果。但是，使用这些功能的成功率会有所不同，具体取决于您是在“开始”菜单或(Start)搜索菜单中还是在“文件资源管理器”(File Explorer)等Windows应用程序中使用它们。
例如，您可以使用引号 (“) 搜索精确的短语或词序（例如“文件”）。您可以使用减号 (–) 从搜索查询中排除单词或短语（例如 -file），或使用星号 (*) 等通配符来标识与查询的部分匹配。
或者，您可以使用AND(AND)、 OR 和NOT（大写字母）等运算符来组合或排除多个术语。您还可以使用括号 () 将术语组合在一起。
如何在Windows 11上自定义(Windows 11)搜索索引(Search Indexing)
为了让您的电脑更轻松地快速调出搜索结果，Windows 维护了一个搜索索引(Windows maintains a search index)。这是一个包含文件、应用程序和设置的数据库，当您进行搜索时，它可以快速引用，而不是每次都进行大量（且耗时）的搜索。
然而，这可能有一些缺点。搜索(Search)索引可能会降低旧电脑的速度，但您可能还想配置它在实践中的工作方式。
- 要在Windows 11(Windows 11)上自定义搜索索引，请右键单击“开始”(Start)菜单并选择“设置”(Settings)。
- 在“设置”(Settings)中，选择“隐私(Privacy)和安全”> “搜索 Windows”(Searching Windows)。
- 从“搜索窗口”(Searching Windows)菜单中，您可以自定义搜索索引在 PC 上的工作方式，以及在顶部查看当前索引状态。
- 如果您希望搜索索引尊重您的电源设置（例如仅在插入电源时对文件建立索引），请务必按下“索引时
尊重电源设置”滑块并将其置于“打开”位置。(Respect)
- 要将搜索索引限制为仅核心文件夹（例如桌面或文档），请从“查找(Find)我的文件”部分中选择“经典” 。(Classic)否则，请选择“增强”(Enhanced)以索引整个电脑，尽管这可能会带来额外的资源使用。
- 要将文件夹从索引中排除，请按添加(Add)排除的文件夹按钮并选择一个位置。
- 之后，您可以通过按文件夹旁边的三点菜单图标并选择“删除”(Remove)来删除项目。
- 通过选择高级(Advanced)索引选项可以进行进一步的设置。
- 在“索引(Indexing) 选项”(Options)菜单中，您可以通过选择现有文件夹并按“修改”(Modify)来排除某些文件、目录或文件类型。或者，按“高级”(Advanced)对索引设置进行更复杂的更改。
- 在打开的“高级选项”(Advanced Options)菜单中，您可以进行进一步的更改，包括索引加密文件、重建索引、移动索引或从索引中添加或删除文件类型。
- 单击“确定”(Click OK)保存您所做的任何更改。
如果您对索引进行更改，则可能需要重建索引，这可能需要一些时间才能完成。或者，您可能需要重新启动电脑(restart your PC)才能看到所有系统更改完全生效。
如何管理Windows 11 上的
搜索(Search) 权限(Permissions)
您可以管理哪些应用和服务可以访问您的搜索历史记录，并通过更改Windows 设置(Windows Settings)应用中的搜索权限设置来向您显示建议。
在“搜索(Search)权限”菜单中，您可以控制搜索功能（以及扩展Microsoft）对数据不同部分的访问权限。
- 要管理这些设置，请右键单击“开始”菜单并按“(Start)设置(Settings)”打开“设置”(Settings)应用程序。
- 在“设置”(Settings)中，选择左侧的“隐私(Privacy)和安全”，然后按右侧的“搜索权限”。(Search)
- 要在“开始”(Start)菜单或搜索框中过滤网络搜索，请在“安全搜索”部分中选择(SafeSearch)“严格”(Strict)或“中等”(Moderate)，或者选择“关闭”(Off)以完全关闭此过滤。
- 默认情况下，Microsoft可以在您的Microsoft帐户（或多个帐户）中搜索(Microsoft)OneDrive、Outlook、SharePoint和其他服务的结果。要禁用此功能，请选择“云(Cloud)内容搜索”部分中的滑块将其设置为“关闭”(Off)。
- 要禁用 PC 上的搜索历史记录，请选择“此设备上的搜索历史记录”滑块并将其切换到(Search)“关闭”(Off)位置。
- 要清除搜索历史记录，请按清除设备搜索历史记录按钮。
- 如果您想要阻止Windows向您提供搜索建议，请确保选择“更多设置”部分中的“显示(Show)搜索突出显示”滑块，并将其切换到“关闭”(Off)位置。
使用搜索(Search)管理您的 Windows 11 电脑
强大的搜索工具是管理Windows 11电脑并查找重要文件、设置和应用程序的最快捷、最简单的方法。如果您对它不满意，您可以使用我们上面概述的步骤自定义和控制其功能。
如果您的Windows 11 搜索不起作用(Windows 11 search isn’t working)，您接下来需要使用一些内置工具对其进行故障排除。一旦它起作用，您随时可以尝试使用一些Windows 搜索技巧(Windows search tips)来缩小搜索范围，例如使用不同的参数来进一步缩小搜索范围。
How to Use and Customize Search in Windows 11
Do you want to find anything on your Windows 11 PC quickly and easily? Whether you’re looking for apps, files, settings, or web results, you can use the built-in search functiоnalitу in Windows 11 to find what you need.
To help you, we’ll explain how you can use and customize the search features on Windows 11 to suit your own requirements.
How Does Searching Work on Windows 11?
Searching in Windows 11 isn’t just about looking for files. You can use Windows 11’s built-in search functionality to look for virtually anything on your PC, whether it’s an app, the location of a certain setting, or to find online search results from the Start menu.
The search functionality also integrates well with other Microsoft services, so you can use it to find results from linked services like OneDrive, Outlook, or SharePoint, as long as it’s linked to your current Microsoft account.
You can access many of the search features from the Taskbar and the Start menu, as well as from File Explorer. You can also use keyboard shortcuts and filters to refine your searches and get more relevant results.
How to Access Search on Windows 11
There are a few different ways to access the search functionality on a Windows 11 PC.
- Click the search icon or search box on the Taskbar or use the Windows key + S keyboard shortcut to open the Windows 11 search menu. This is where you can see a list of your recent searches, search highlights, and web results.
- Open the Start menu by pressing the Start menu icon or by pressing the Windows key, then begin to use the Search box at the top. As soon as you click or type into the box, the Start menu will switch to search mode and begin using what you type as the search query.
- Open the Start menu and start typing to perform a search automatically. This is probably the quickest way to launch a search query on your PC without opening any other menus or windows.
- Click the search box in File Explorer or use the Ctrl + F keyboard shortcut to find files and folders on your PC.
If you’re looking to search for other types of content (such as apps or settings), you’ll need to use the search menu or Start menu to look for them. However, if you use the search functionality in File Explorer, you’ll be limited to searching for specific files—you can’t use it to find a setting in the Settings app, for instance.
If you’re struggling to type into the search box on Windows 11, don’t forget to open up the Start menu and start typing there instead.
How to Refine Your Searches on Windows 11
Although you can type anything in the Search box and get relevant results, you can also use some tricks to refine your searches and get more specific results.
Using Search Filters
The quickest way to refine your searches in the Start menu or search box is to use search filters. When you performing a search query, you can click one of the filters, such as apps, documents, web, folders, music, photos, people, or settings to narrow down the search.
Alternatively, you can also type the query with the filter prefix. For example, if you want to search for a specific document, you can type something like apps: keyword and the query will show only the files that match the keyword you specified.
For instance, apps: word will look for all applications that contain Word in the filename, such as Microsoft Word or WordPad. Typing apps:word (with no spacing) will also work for single word queries.
Using Search Operators & Wildcards
You can also use search operators and wildcards to help you refine your searches for more precision. However, your success with using these will vary, depending on whether you’re using them in the Start or search menu or within a Windows app like File Explorer.
For example, you can use quotation marks (“) to search for an exact phrase or word order (such as “file”). You can use a minus sign (–) to exclude a word or phrase from your search query (eg. -file) or use a wildcard such as an asterisk (*) to identify partial matches to queries.
Alternatively, you can use operators like AND, OR, and NOT (in capital letters) to combine or exclude multiple terms. You can also use parentheses () to group terms together.
How to Customize Search Indexing on Windows 11
To make it easier for your PC to quickly pull up search results, Windows maintains a search index. This is a database of files, applications, and settings that it can quickly refer to when you make a search, rather than make a huge (and time-consuming) search each time.
This can have some disadvantages, however. Search indexing can slow down older PCs, but you may also want to configure how it works in practice.
- To customize search indexing on Windows 11, right-click the Start menu and select Settings.
- In Settings, select Privacy & security > Searching Windows.
- From the Searching Windows menu, you can customize how search indexing works on your PC, as well as view your current indexing status at the top.
- If you want search indexing to respect your power settings (such as only indexing files when you’re plugged in), make sure to press the Respect power settings when index slider and place it in the On position.
- To limit search indexing to only core folders (such as your desktop or documents), select Classic from the Find my files section. Otherwise, select Enhanced to index your entire PC, although this may come with additional resource usage.
- To exclude a folder from indexing, press the Add an excluded folder button and choose a location.
- You can remove an item afterwards by pressing the three-dot menu icon next to a folder and selecting Remove.
- Further settings are available by selecting Advanced indexing options.
- In the Indexing Options menu, you can exclude certain files, directories, or file types by choosing an existing folder and pressing Modify. Alternatively, press Advanced to make more complex changes to your indexing settings.
- In the Advanced Options menu that opens, you can make even further changes, including index encrypted files, rebuilding the index, moving the index, or adding or removing file types from the index.
- Click OK to save any changes you make.
If you make changes to your index, it may need to rebuild, which could take time to complete. Alternatively, you may want to restart your PC to see any system changes take effect fully.
How to Manage Search Permissions on Windows 11
You can manage which apps and services can access your search history and show you suggestions by changing your search permissions settings in the Windows Settings app.
In the Search permissions menu, you can control what access the search functionality (and by extension Microsoft) has to different parts of your data.
- To manage these settings, open the Settings app by right-clicking the Start menu and pressing Settings.
- In Settings, select Privacy & security on the left, then press Search permissions on the right.
- To filter web searches in the Start menu or search box, select Strict or Moderate in the SafeSearch section, or select Off to switch this filtering off entirely.
- By default, Microsoft can search your Microsoft account (or accounts) for results from OneDrive, Outlook, SharePoint, and other services. To disable this, select the sliders in the Cloud content search section to set them to Off.
- To disable search history on your PC, select the Search history on this device slider and switch it to the Off position.
- To clear your search history, press the Clear device search history button.
- If you want to stop Windows from suggesting search suggestions to you, make sure to select the Show search highlights slider in the More settings section and switch it to the Off position.
Managing Your Windows 11 PC with Search
The powerful search tool is the quickest, easiest way to manage your Windows 11 PC and locate important files, settings, and applications. If you’re unhappy with it, you can customize and control its features using the steps we’ve outlined above.
If your Windows 11 search isn’t working, you’ll need to troubleshoot it with a few built-in tools next. Once it’s working, you can always try to narrow down your searches with some Windows search tips, such as using different parameters to narrow down your searches even further.
