Searching for files and folders in Windows 8

I am asking for help in using the new interface. For instance if I have a folder called "imgDec2012" and I want to look in the folder for the file I want I don't know how to do this. Typing imagesDec2012 does not show me the folder as one of the things I can click on to narrow my search. Instead it shows me every file in the entire file system that includes "imgDec2012". The search does not show results of folders that match the search criteria.

Of course all of this still works fine in the desktop mode but it seems the new interface should have some way of doing this as well.

Another related problem is when I am trying to attach a file to an email either web based or the default email program in Windows 8. I am shown files in a folder that is in my documents folder but is not the root. I have to then slowly go up the tree structure and then head back down to the folder that I want to look in for the file to attach. If I try to speed things up and open the search charm it forgets that I wanted to attach a file and asks me how I want to open the file. There is no way to just enter the path for the file that I want.

Looking for a file to attach that is not in the Documents folder is an incredibly slow task and if I don't remember the exact path then I am out of luck since I can't search for the file that I want to attach. In one case the folder that contained the file that I wanted to attach did not show up in the list. I was not able to get to the file in this way. In disbelieve I have repeated the procedure of "Go up" then clicking on the folder on my way back down only to discover the folder I need was not in the list. I even went up all the way to the root and back down and when I got to where the folder should be it was not on the list.

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