Starting with Windows Vista, Windows Desktop Search was superseded by Windows Search, which can look for both indexed and non-indexed files. See Win Desktop search and Win Finding files.

Desktop search is standard in Windows and Mac, and users can search file and folder names, the metadata (title, author, etc.) within multimedia files and the content of popular file formats such ...

Windows 11 build 25120 introduced a somewhat questionable new feature for Windows Insiders to test. The update places a permanent search bar on the desktop, and you can use it to search using Bing ...