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    Enhance Your Windows 11 Search Experience: 7 Essential Tips

    The Windows 11 search function, while robust in theory, often leaves users longing for a smoother and more efficient experience. Whether you're trying to find an app in the Start menu, sift through files in File Explorer, or hunt for settings to adjust, the search tool can sometimes feel like a...
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    • cloud search file explorer powertoys registry edit search optimization search tips windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows News
  2. FatCat0

    Windows 10 Windows search misses really obvious results

    Consider an example directory containing: IMG_0209.JPG IMG_0210.JPG Some_PDF-numKK.pdf If I want to find the pdf, and happen to remember that it had "numKK" in the filename, I might reasonably search "numKK" and expect to find it. In practice though, this will return 0 results. A search for...
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    • community feedback file management file search file types filename image search indexing pdf search search behavior search bugs search functionality search issues search queries search tips search tricks tech support user experience windows 11 windows search
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. TKR99

    Windows 7 Advanced searching in Win Explorer?

    Sorry - ignore - Mods can delete post as I just found the answer :) Put the search in quotes! =============== Hi all I unfortunately "hard" deleted a folder I really needed but have thankfully managed to recover almost all of the files in it (nearly 2000 of them!!). The problem now is that in...
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    • computer help data organization duplicate files file management file naming file recovery file search graphics files search tips windows explorer
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. offinc

    Windows 7 Search: How do you find an EXACT file extension. ext modifier returns other extensions.

    I am trying to use the windows search function to find files with the .xm extension. When I type ext:.xm or fileext:.xm it returns .xml files of which there are thousands on my computer. How do I get the search to only return .xm files? Thanks in advance for the help.
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    • exact match file extension file management file type search function search tips windows help windows search xm files xml files
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Find Folder

    Search for folder - [no joy in the discussion thread, so thought I'd try here] This seems really simple, and makes me feel pretty stupid, but I want to search for folders with a certain name without getting all the contents of the folders in the search results. I've tried just entering the...
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    • file explorer file management folder organization folder properties folder search help request search functionality search issues search results search tips tech support user questions windows 10 windows 11 windows search
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Search for folder

    This seems really simple, and makes me feel pretty stupid, but I want to search for folders with a certain name without getting all the contents of the folders in the search results. I've tried just entering the folder name, I've tried the 'foldername:' property, I've tried using the...
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    • file management file organization folder properties folder search search results search solutions search tips windows explorer windows search
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. R

    Windows 7 simple file search

    How do I do a simple file search in W7??????????? Like I want to search for all *.wav files in the Windows folder
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