On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:58:04 -0700, "Bob Altman" <rda@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>How can I convince the Vista search function to simply look for all files
>whose names match a wildcard?
>
>Search Companion (Windows XP and earlier) allows me to search for files
>whose names tightly match a set of wildcard criteria. For example, if I
>enter
>
> *.exe; *.obj; *.msi
>
>into the "All or part of the file name" box then Search Companion finds
>those files and none others. However, if I do the equivalent under Vista
>(or Windows Search 4 on XP) and enter
>
> *.exe OR *.obj OR *.msi
>
>then it finds many files whose names contain "exe" (for example
>"MyFile.exe.config") and files whose contents contain "exe", "obj", or
>"msi".
Bob,
The search syntax is different in WDS 4. To return only files with those extensions,
try this:
ext:exe OR ext
bj OR ext:msi
The syntax is shown in the Vista help screen "Tips for finding
files". Additional details are found in the WDS 4 query guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../advquery.mspx
Doug M. in NJ