Windows® Vista and 7 have a fast way to open a program or file or folder. In the bottom left corner of the computer screen is the Windows Globe Icon, left-click on it and the curser is immediately in a search box. To find a File, Folder, Utility or any item on the computer go ahead and type in the name and a results list will appear above. If you see what you need and it is highlighted press the key-board ENTER key or if not highlighted use the keyboard arrow down to highlight it first. A file will open in the Program that is assigned by Windows to that file.
More advanced, sometimes a program needs to be run with Administrative priviliges such as installing a program. To do so Right-Click on the program in the list and left-click “Run as Administrator”. This applies to Programs and they will be run at a higher privilege giving greater access to install files and services. Certain types of Programs like msi install files will only show an “Open” or “Install” option.
Wildcards can be used if you are not sure of the complete file name. A single letter is replaced with a “?” and a group of letters are replaced with an “*”. For example, if you know a document begins with “success” then type “success*.*” to locate all files that begin with success. If you have a picture that begins with “Vac” and you know it is a .jpg file type then type Vac*.jpg and any pictures that start with “Vac” and are the .jpg will be shown.
And if you combine this with the earlier post SEND TO then Right-Click on the file or folder when it appears to use this option.
