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Searching using Windows Exporer
I try to search for a string in a file, typing Distribution Statement A in the Windows Explorer search box.
But the search finds files with Distribution in them. It finds files with Statement in them....
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Windows 10 File Explorer | bad characters in file names in search results
I using Win10 (upgraded from Win7 a few weeks ago) in English, and Hebrew as added supported language.
Basically everything is fine with Hebrew files names, folder names and so on, except for one ...
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How do I search a folder in file explorer regardless of the spelling (ignore spaces)
I have a folder named for example DDC77 but I want the file explorer to return me that exact folder even if I search D DCC77 or DD C77
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Windows 10 File Explorer Quick Search bar will not allow typing - Usual fixes not working
I have a user account that will not allow any input in the Explorer Quick search bar. Clicking on the bar and typing produces no results. Occasionally pressing Control-F then typing will show only the ...
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FileExplorer syntax for file search when filename contains hyphens
Using the Win 10 FileExplorer, I want to find "myfile-2015-info.pdf" while knowing for sure only "myfile-2015". If I enter file:myfile it is in the (long) list, so I keep typing and file:myfile-2015 ...
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How can Windows be prevented from automatically redoing a search in the Search Results window?
The problem I have with it is that when you perform a search, Windows keeps spontaneously redoing the search. It seems that the most likely cause is when a file in the list is renamed or deleted (...
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Search for a file using the Windows Run Dialog Box
I am attempting to automate a Windows Search for a file name. My method work on several folders; however, it fails on a folder named "part #". My process was to
Search for a file within the ...
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How to search Windows Explorer for file names containing invalid characters?
I have downloaded over 10,000 files and need to move them to a different folder than my downloads folder. Unfortunately, these files have miscellaneous names, and some of them contain invalid ...
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Windows Explorer file search returns blank items
When searching for files on a network drive through Windows Explorer sometimes the results come back with empty blank spaces (as shown by the yellow arrows in the screenshot below) strewn throughout ...
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How to make Microsoft Windows 7 Search display the actual Folder Location instead of some cryptic path?
I am very dissatisfied with the search offered by Windows 7 Explorer. Let me first explain what happens, and what I expect:
I have a folder c:\test. When I use explorer-search and search for test, ...
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Search for unique file in two or more folders
Is there a way to search for single/unique files in two or more different folders in windows? is there an add-on/app for this? (Don't understand how to run code)
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Why search in file explorer finds nothing?
I open a window of file explorer in Windows 10
In the window I can clearly see a file with a name. Let's say [THEfile].txt
However, when I write in the search place to the upper right "THE", ...
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Windows explorer search on file extension length
I have a client who was recently victimized by CTBLocker. The ransomware has been removed, and most of the files have been recovered. However, the C: drive is now very full of files created by the ...
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Windows search with specific options
For example, i have two files:
Textfile1.txt
Textfile2.txt
where first file is empty, and second contains string file1
Can I create a search query in standard windows explorer to match Textfile2....
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Windows File Explorer - find files ending with a negative number (*-N.*)
What search pattern can I use in Windows File Explorer search field to find all files ending in a negative number? I'm looking for a search pattern that only finds 1 or 2 digit negative numbers at the ...
