Oh, the many woes of Search in Windows 7. One of my many complaints is that a file can be directly in a folder one is searching, and yet Search can be blind to it.
Anyway, when looking up some information on searching for file contents, the following thread proved useful.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/in-windows-7-i-want-to-search-for-all-files/aadfe1f1-4a33-406b-8e72-bb920efa4f30?page=1
Page 29 has the real enchilada sauce
Example
content:~="goose pimple"
See: The Larch's posts on page 29
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/in-windows-7-i-want-to-search-for-all-files/aadfe1f1-4a33-406b-8e72-bb920efa4f30?page=29
In addition, a tool like Free Commander can be used for better results
A program like the old Xtree...
http://www.freecommander.com/
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