In OSX 10.8, how can I make Spotlight return filenames?

Upto OSX 10.7, Spotlight always returned file names as well as content.
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But sometimes the file path appears, and sometimes it doesn't.
Naturally, it's not showing for the file paths I need!
When all that "appears" is a blank, any idea how to get Spotlight to show the file path?
I've noticed that some are slow to load, sometimes.
If you want to see the path so you can go to the folder, hold down the command key and click the item.
Perhaps reindexing spotlight might help, but if it is finding the file, I'm not sure that would be the problem.

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