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Windows 7 search for file with a special character in the file name?
I'm trying to find files in Windows 7 that have a parenthesis in the file name.
However, when I type ( or *(* or "(" or *"("* I get either nothing or every file.
Microsoft's "advanced query syntax"...
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Windows Explorer Bug? Why is Windows Explorer Search Box not recognizing the character “R” for a set of file names?
So this is a case of curiosity more than anything.
I am in the process up loading images for a very large number of collegiate products from a certain vendor. Part of this process includes grabbing ...
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Getting Windows 7's Explorer to display search box without enabling Windows search
I want to get the search box back in Windows 7 without having to enable the Windows Search service. Is there a registry key to make it behave like in Vista, so I can just do searches on the fly ...
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