George

Is there a way to get around this, by searching for "(1).jpg" or something
like this?

Thanks
George

"Dave" wrote:

> It appears that searching for (1) is a problem, because the () is used as to
> contain a Boolean operation.
> (big little)
> will search for instances of "big" or "little"
> therefore, searching for (1) will return all files with a "1" in the
> name....
>
> I don't know how to get around this.... perhaps the file names have
> something else in common?
>
>
>
>
> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49D85F93-C747-4A6A-BA26-7905EAE32C0E@microsoft.com...
> > Yes,
> >
> > I get the original picture and the picture that ends in (1).jpg. For
> > example if the original picture is DSC02125.jpg and the copy is DSC02125
> > (1).jpg
> > Both are coming up in the search.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dave" wrote:
> >
> >> Have you tried searching for
> >> " (1).jpg"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FF9124BB-EE1C-42B4-82F8-2D824EB3542B@microsoft.com...
> >> > Is there an easy way to search the drive so I can delete them? It is a
> >> > slow
> >> > process going through all the folders in the my pictures. I have tried
> >> > using
> >> > the wild card
> >> > *(1).jpg and putting that in the name field, but it doesn not work.
> >> >
> >> > All the pictures have names that end in (1).jpg
> >> >
> >> > There is a space before the (1).jpg so a picture file may be something
> >> > like
> >> > DSC02052 (1).jpg
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > George
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> In the past, did you change the location of the Pictures folder, from
> >> >> the
> >> >> default path? That is ,from C:\Users\You\Pictures to another drive,
> >> >> or
> >> >> to
> >> >> another spot under C:\? If so, did you try to move it back to the
> >> >> default
> >> >> location, or move it somewhere else, possibly?
> >> >>
> >> >> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:EBB026AC-E66F-4370-A42F-64B189AEA6CA@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > No, I have not edited the files. It is as if 100's of files have
> >> >> > been
> >> >> > duplicated. I don't know why.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Are the duplicates of files files that you have edited with Windows
> >> >> >> Photo
> >> >> >> Gallery? If so, open Photo Gallery, and in the menu, choose File >
> >> >> >> Options.
> >> >> >> Under the section Original Picture, you can set it to have the
> >> >> >> original
> >> >> >> picture deleted after a certain amount of time.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:35994249-2F9B-4A1E-818C-98C8749CCEE6@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> > Why are some of my pictures duplicated in the folders of My
> >> >> >> > Pictures?
> >> >> >> > Acturally it has happened to alot of the pictures. Some of the
> >> >> >> > pictures
> >> >> >> > have
> >> >> >> > the same exact names, and others have name (1), or copy of name
> >> >> >> > (1).
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Did Vista Business duplicate my pictures? Is this a flaw or
> >> >> >> > something?
> >> >> >> > Is
> >> >> >> > this correctable, or do I have to go and delete 1,000's of
> >> >> >> > pictures
> >> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > free
> >> >> >> > up my hard drive?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Any ideas on how to correct it?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> >> > George
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
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