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Old 09-13-2009   #1 (permalink)
yawnmoth


 
 

searching by filename

I tried to do a search for *.zip and got zero results. I tried to do
a search for 'yawnmoth' and that time got quite a few results,
although not all of them make sense - in some cases, I got files like
"IMG00032.jpg" back. 'yawnmoth' is clearly not in the filename and
although the binary data may, coincidentally, happen to contain the
string 'yawnmoth', I don't know why Windows is presuming to search for
it. Or maybe it's in the meta information but I don't care about the
meta information - all I want to do is find files whose name confirm
to a certain pattern.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 09-13-2009   #2 (permalink)
Bob


 
 

Re: searching by filename

In the search box type "Name:" (without the quotes) followed by all or part
of the filename you are looking for.

"yawnmoth" <terra1024@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>I tried to do a search for *.zip and got zero results. I tried to do
> a search for 'yawnmoth' and that time got quite a few results,
> although not all of them make sense - in some cases, I got files like
> "IMG00032.jpg" back. 'yawnmoth' is clearly not in the filename and
> although the binary data may, coincidentally, happen to contain the
> string 'yawnmoth', I don't know why Windows is presuming to search for
> it. Or maybe it's in the meta information but I don't care about the
> meta information - all I want to do is find files whose name confirm
> to a certain pattern.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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