searching for files by extension

[Retroman]

Is there a way to search for two thing at once with Vista. In XP I could
type:

*.pst,*.pfd

And it would return all pst's and all pdf's. When I do this in vista I get
nothing.

The search syntax has changed and wild card characters are not used for
searches by file extension. Try this:

extpst OR pfd)

The OR operator must be capitalized.

For more on the new style of queries, see this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/technicalresources/advquery.mspx


Doug M. in NJ

 

[Tae Song]

Is there a way to search for two thing at once with Vista. In XP I could
type:

*.pst,*.pfd

And it would return all pst's and all pdf's. When I do this in vista I
get
nothing.

Replace comma with OR

*.pdf OR *.pfd

or

extdf OR extfd

This would faster as it tells the search engine you are only looking for
files with extension pdf or pfd

 

[SBS user]

Thnaks for the help on this

The search syntax has changed and wild card characters are not used for
searches by file extension. Try this:

extpst OR pfd)

The OR operator must be capitalized.

For more on the new style of queries, see this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/technicalresources/advquery.mspx


Doug M. in NJ

 

[SBS user]

Thanks for showing me this

Replace comma with OR

*.pdf OR *.pfd

or

extdf OR extfd

This would faster as it tells the search engine you are only looking for
files with extension pdf or pfd