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Can I use wildcards in Windows 8 search?
When using a new Windows 8 search bar:
What is the syntax of the search expression? Is it possible to use wildcards like "*", "?" or any other special symbol?
For example, when searching with Google ...
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Why does Windows 8 application search no longer match substrings?
When I first installed Windows 8, I could start an app by hitting the Windows key once to bring up the Start screen, and then typing a substring of the app's name.
At some point since then, the "...
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How to disable automatic search in Windows Explorer?
One thing I like in Windows XP is the ability to type the first character of a folder or file, and Explorer instantly jumps and highlights the first matching item. Windows 7 replaces this feature with ...
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Combine Windows 8 app and settings search? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to show all Windows 8 Modern UI search results on one page?
Consolidating Windows 8 Search to one Textbox
While I've adapted to most things in Windows 8 quite ...
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How Search File Content in Windows 8 File Explorer?
I'm stumped as to how the search function is Windows 8 File Explorer is supposed to work.
I'm trying to search the content of some text files under a sub-folder of My Documents. In File Explorer (...
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How to search the entire hard drive for files modified on a particular date? [duplicate]
I picked up a virus a few hours ago, and have identified one of its files. I know the exact minute that the virus was installed, and would like to search my entire hard drive for files modified in ...
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How to customize the apps in the Windows 8 search bar?
When I start searching from the Start screen, a list of apps appears under the search bar. Clicking on any of those gives results from that specific app.
Is there any way to remove/add apps to that ...
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Is it possible to remove an app's results from Modern UI search on the start screen?
How can I remove all search items (for example emails) from a particular pre-installed Modern UI app when searching by typing on the start screen?
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Windows 8 Start screen search with touch keyboard
On the Desktop I see the keyboard icon in the tray, but in the Start screen there is no such icon. How do I bring up the on-screen keyboard to search using touch in the Start screen?
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Wildcards in Windows 8 search [duplicate]
I already read this question:
Can I use wildcards in Windows 8 search?
but it doesn't answer mine.
It seems to me, that the wildcards (especially *) are not consistently working correctly.
Assume I ...
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Internet Explorer 10 Not Searching From Address Bar
I'm setting up my dad's new Windows 8 PC. At some point after using the Easy Transfer utility to transfer his files from XP and installing Norton Internet Security - I don't know if those are related,...
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How to make Windows 8 Start Screen search result icon to open a new instance of a Desktop App
There is a registry hack that makes Windows 8/8.1 Start Screen Tiles to open a new instance of a Desktop App (see accepted answer of this question: How to make a Start Screen icon for Notepad that ...
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Windows 8 isn't searching/indexing secondary hard drives?
I've recently installed Windows 8 on one of three drives (C:), and it's unable to search or index any of the other hdds (A: and B:) where I've stored any user files: music, videos, pictures, etc).
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Binary file search on Windows 8?
I'm in a weird situation. I need to find a file based on its contents, not the name because the name is not unique...
For example, I have a file named "cat.jpg". It is a picture of a cat. I happen to ...
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Windows 8 search for folders?
How is one supposed to search for folders using Windows 8? It seems like Microsoft neglected to add this functionality to the Modern UI... This is a feature that I often use, and was wondering if ...
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