How To Create a Shortcut to Search Your IE Favourites

By 13/02/2012How To

Hello lovely people 🙂

I was recently asked about searching through  Internet Explorer favourites. So, here is a computer repairs blog entry just on that. If you use Vista or Windows 7 – for you it is as simple and easy as creating a *saved search* folder.

To begin just open up your User folder and you should see your Favourites folder inside it. Double-click to open the Favourites folder.

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Now simply enter in the following into the search box to find all bookmarks for the last hundred years or so:

date:>1/1/1900

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Click the *Save Search* button on the toolbar, and then give your new folder a names such as *Search Favourites*. You’ll see that the default save location is User Folder Searches.

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You’ll see a folder called *Search Favourites* when you browse to that folder, you will be able to create a shortcut to this folder anywhere you would  like – for example to your Quick Launch bar.

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When you open up the Search Folder you will be able to type into the search box to find whatever you are looking for.

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You can always change the view to show details if you wish by using the *Views* menu.

Worked? Good! Now you are practically a qualified computer repairs technician 😉

Over and out

MobileGeekette

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