Searching for part of a file name

[Guest]

Can anyone explain how (as was so easy in XP) I can search with Vist for part
of a file name, (ie. +, ++, or other characters) I add to files?

 

[Dave Wood [MS]]

If you are just searching for a special characters like "+", by default you
won't necessarily get the results you expect as Vista uses a word-based
index, rather than a character-based search.

If you specifically search for filenames with the filename: keyword and use
a wildcard this does switch on character mode. So searching for:
filename:*++
does give me what I expect. I agree this is not very intuitive.

Dave Wood

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

In the Search box, if you type:

name:~"*+*"

it will return all files with the '+' character in their name.

 

[just bob]

In the Search box, if you type:

name:~"*+*"

it will return all files with the '+' character in their name.

What does the tilde character do?

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

It tells Search to allow wildcards ( * or ?) within the otherwise exact text
contained within the quotation marks.

 

[Dave Melvin]

In the Search box, if you type:

name:~"*+*"

it will return all files with the '+' character in their name.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Can anyone explain how (as was so easy in XP) I can search with Vist for
part
of a file name, (ie. +, ++, or other characters) I add to files?

This does not work for me. For example, I'm searching a folder for pictures
with the underscore character in the name, i.e., "file_name". Using your
suggestion, I type "name:~"*_*" in the search box and I get every file in
the folder listed, even those with no underscore character. What's up?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Donald Lessau]

I was reduced to shouting at the computer in frustration because I
wanted to find all the filese with

(2)

If you are nostalgic for using just
(2)
to find all files containig
(2)
in the name, try XYplorer file manager. Even the FREE version can do this,
and fast.

Don
http://www.xyplorer.com/