Windows 10 text-based file search

[garrett higgins]

Hi. In Windows 10, the file search available on the toolbar only searches for text strings in the order you write it in the box i.e. if you write 'garrett higgins', it will NOT find any files in which those words appear in a different order or, indeed, separately. Can i change the settings to fix this? or can anyone recommend a good search app? thanks garrett higgins

 

[nmsuk]

Have you tried for example "garrett" "higgins" in the search?

 

[garrett higgins]

yes thanks, it does not work.
so if i have a word doc with just the words 'garrett higgins is' it will find the document based on a search with any of the words individually or some or all of the words IN THE EXACT ORDER but not in any way otherwise

 

[MikeHawthorne]

Hi

I've used Agent Ransack for years as my search engine.
It will find pretty much anything and is unbelievably fast.

It has a number of selectable options for running searches.
For example "Contains text" etc.

Once it is installed it will be added to the right click menu, so all you have to do it click on the drive or folder you want to search and type in your search term.

It will retain it so you can search a series of locations without having to reenter your search.

I couldn't get along without it, it is far superior to the native Windows search engine.

Agent Ransack - Free File Searching Utility

I just searched my C:\drive for .exe and found 6,562 files in 5 seconds!

Mike