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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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How to search multiple file types from Windows Explorer search box?
I would like to use the Windows Explorer Search box to search for multiple file types.
Is there any supported syntax to do so?
I tried:
*.docx *.xlsx
*.docx, *.xlsx
*.docx; *.xlsx
*.docx or *.xlsx
*...
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Windows 10 Search not working
I used WinKey + S very much on Windows 8.1. Now when I installed Windows 10 it seems to be a problem with the search indexer. It can't find anything but some 'settings' items.
Things i've tried:
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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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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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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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In Vista Explorer, how can I search the contents of all files in a directory for a word?
I have a PHP website in a directory on Vista.
Many files in that directory have the word "output" in them. In Windows Explorer, I type "output" into the search box. It finds two files but does not ...
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How to find files older than x days on Windows using Advanced Query Syntax (AQS)?
You can find files older than this week using
datemodified:< this week
but
datemodified:< 7 days
does not seem to work.
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How do I do a search in File Explorer that includes subfolders of zip archives?
In File Explorer, I can enter search terms in the upper-right search box to search the current folder and all subfolders. I can also navigate the folder tree of zip archives like any other folders. ...
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Why does Windows Explorer search sometimes miss some files?
In my downloads folder I have a file called PB_2.22_b006.zip. If I go to that folder in Vista Windows Explorer, and then type pb or pb* or anything like that in the search box, it doesn't find that ...
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Get Windows 7 to Stop Grouping Search Results by Immediate Parent Folder
Searching in Windows 7 is frustrating, inconsistent, and too different from in XP. One of the most egregious problems is that it insists on grouping search results by the immediate parent of items. ...
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Export content from Windows explorer search
When I do a search in Windows Explorer (Windows10) in a directory with many PDF documents I get the results giving me in the first column the file name and in the second column the path and a a ...
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Hide the search box in Windows 7 Explorer but not in the Start Menu
Using Windows 7 I want to hide the search box in Explorer but not in the Start Menu.
Is this possible?
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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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Windows 10 Explorer Search field: Search for files beginning with "1-"
I am looking for the pattern to use the windows explorer search bar to find all files (Not folders)
in the current directory and all sub directories that start with the pattern 1-
for example the file ...
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Searching items in a folder by content does not search in .json files?
Using the "Content:" search filter under windows 10, i am able to find files that contain a string, this worked for me with excel tables, word docs and simple txt files.
However, now i am trying to ...
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How to search Windows 10 for ANY occurrence of a word?
I never heavily used the search feature on Windows 7, so I don't know if the issue persists on versions outside of 10.
I'm trying to search through a lot of files using Windows' file browser search ...
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How to easily find files with no extension using Windows
I have some files on my Hard Disk Drive that have no extensions whatsoever. It is very hard to find them manually, I really don't like the fact that I would need to replace my mouse sooner because of ...
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Windows find all files under a directory
I'm hoping for the Windows Explorer equivalent to Linux's find . type -f.
I did *.* in the search field but it listed directories as well; I wanted just files.
Everything I've found on the ...
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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 10 Folder Search Sucks
when i do a search in a windows 10 folder using file explorer and the box at the top right, I get a list of matching files and folders.
All well and good, but if I open up one of those folders and ...
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Can Windows Explorer's search-as-you-type speed be modified?
What I'm referring to, is in Windows/File Explorer, if I were to type a letter, "B" for example, it would jump to the first available file/folder starting with a "B".
Then, if I was fast enough, I ...
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Change size of Windows 7 Explorer most recently used searches list
Is it possible to increase the size of Windows 7 search MRU list?
Below is URL to screenshot which describes what I'm saying about.
The default 3 items in list is not always convenient. I know about '...
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Possible to get Windows 8 Search to look into files other than .txt and .xml?
I'm using Windows 8 Enterprise. I'm a programmer, so I deal with a lot of odd "file types" that are in text. One of these is .xaml, which is basically xml with a different file extension. I'm trying ...
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Is there a way to have a working search bar in Explorer with Windows Search Service disabled?
I had to disable Windows Search Service (turn it off in Windows Features) for the reason that it was constantly using the hard drive in an excessive way (maybe because I've got very large quantities ...
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Cancel Windows Explorer folder search after pressing 'up' arrow
In Windows Explorer (Windows 10), I can type into the search box at the top right to filter the files that are shown.
Normally I can clear a search by pressing the little 'x' at the right of the ...
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Windows 10 default search location in folder
When you use search in Windows 10 File Explorer in a folder, it includes all subfolders by default. You can disable it for every search to ignore subfolders, but how can I make it default?
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Windows: Search whole computer for a file even if the type is not standard
To test capabilites of the file search option in Windows Explorer I created a sample file named sample_code.h and sample_code.cpp on my disc with some text in them so they are not empty.
Now I try to ...
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Windows Explorer exact string search does not work with hyphens
It looks like Explorer search treats quotation marks like Google search's exact match where a search for "foo bar" ignores results like "bar the foo" so you only get results like "the foo bar."
But ...
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Win 10 search box in explorer: how to restrict search to only filenames
When I search for a keyword "foo" by typing it in the Windows 10 File Explorer search box (top right corner) in a folder it seems to search (correct me if I am wrong please!) within ...
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