How to search for content within files?

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To search for content within files using Windows Explorer, follow these steps:

1) Open File Explorer (Windows+E).
2) Navigate to the folder where you want to perform the search.
3) In the search box at the top-right corner, type your search string prefixed with content:, for example, content:"your phrase" to search inside files for that text.
4) Windows will search for files containing the specified content text.

To enable searching inside file contents if it doesn't work by default:

1) Open Control Panel and go to Folder Options.
2) In the Search tab, select "Always search file names and contents."
3) Click OK.

Alternatively, adjust Windows Indexing Options to include file content indexing for specific file types by:

1) Going to Indexing Options from the Start menu,
2) Clicking Advanced and then the File Types tab,
3) Ensuring "Index Properties and File Contents" is checked for desired file extensions,
4) Allow Windows to rebuild the index after changes.

Note that searching within file content may be slower than filename searches, especially on non-indexed or large folders. Also, for some file types, content search depends on proper indexing and file handlers.

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