However, that’s not an ideal method – it won’t help if you’re unsure which folder the file is in, or if you want to find various files scattered between different folders. Here’s a better approach:
Open the Start menu, and in the Search box at the bottom type the date you’re interested in. Use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. As an example, if you were looking for files created on July 4th 2012 you’d type this:
04/07/2012
If you want to find files created during a particular period, (or you only have a rough idea of when you saved the file) enter the start and end dates of the period separated by two dots like this:
10/07/2011..20/07/2011
Press Enter and a window will open listing all the files that were created or modified on the date (or between the dates) you entered. Among them you may also find email messages, depending on what email program you use: if so, you can either ignore them or keep this in mind as a nifty way to find email correspondence by date as well!
