Search+in+Win+7

Search in Win 7

Both Vista and Windows 7 offer a couple pretty good options. Rather than using the Start search, hold the Windows key and hit the F key (Win+F), and a search folder will open. You can then type your search in the search box, in the upper right corner. There, you will also find any previous searches in a dropdown list. Just click anything in that list to select a previous search.

However, every one of your earlier searches is included in this list so, you may decide to occasionally trim this list. This can easily be done by navigating through the list with the arrow keys and pressing the delete key at each item on the list that you'd like to remove.

Both Vista and Windows 7 also offer a Save Search option.

In Windows 7, you can save a search to any location you choose. Just click the Save Search button at the top of a Search Results window.

This opens the Save As dialog box, offering choices for naming your search and for choosing a location for your saved search. This one was saved to the desktop.

From there, for even easier access, I pinned the saved search to the Taskbar. Now, if I click on this, the Search Results window for this search opens.

The process is nearly the same in Vista, but the appearance is slightly different. Once you've created a search with the Win+F key combination, click the Save Search button.

This will bring up the Save As dialog box, where you can choose a name and location for your saved search.

It's not exactly what you were looking for, but this may work better than what you were hoping to find. While you can't directly return to your search at the Start button, it's almost as easy, and this method offers more than just the single previous search from which to choose.

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