Need to Search for Specific Word in any Word files within a Specific Folder

Question

I have a folder called "Facebook Live Services" on my desktop. Within that folder are a number (about 200?) Word documents with lists of songs with specific song titles and keys. I would like to be able to type one word of any of those titles (i.e., "victory") and have the results appear wherever that word "victory" is in any of the documents, so I can see what key I had for that particular song. I used to be able to do that in Windows 10, but with Windows 11, I can't figure it out. Can you help me?

Answer 1

Hello Donna Sloat,

You can search inside all Word documents in that folder using File Explorer:

1. Open the Facebook Live Services folder.
2. In the File Explorer search box, enter:

content:victory

Replace victory with any word from the song title. Windows should list the Word documents containing that word.

If known documents are missing:

1. Search for and open Indexing Options.
2. Select Modify and ensure the folder is included.
3. Select Advanced > File Types.
4. For .doc and .docx, choose Index Properties and File Contents.
5. Select Rebuild, then retry after indexing completes.