Vista - How do I search file with the tilde "~" symbol

Hi,

Can somebody suggest a way that I can search all of my files in Vista that
have the extension .doc~, or any file that has the ~ in the extension.

I have searched the internet high and low but with to avail. Hundreds if
not thousands of files came back onto my hard drive with the ~ in the file
extension with the original file as well (that is without the ~). If I type
the ~ into the search program with vista, every single file appears. I only
want to delete the files with the ~ in the file extension.

Thank you in advance.

I can't answer your question, but my first thought was to script the deletion
of said files. The URL below gives an example of such a solution however
using a different file extension. Copy and paste to notepad, edit for doc~
and save as a .vbs.

You have to be the judge of how comfortable you are with scripting and this
method before continuing. I'm not liable. That said, I personally use
vbscripts for a lot of different tasks.

Maybe instead you'll get the answer you're looking for.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...7/hey0129.mspx

"upweyguy" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can somebody suggest a way that I can search all of my files in Vista that
> have the extension .doc~, or any file that has the ~ in the extension.
>
> I have searched the internet high and low but with to avail. Hundreds if
> not thousands of files came back onto my hard drive with the ~ in the file
> extension with the original file as well (that is without the ~). If I type
> the ~ into the search program with vista, every single file appears. I only
> want to delete the files with the ~ in the file extension.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>

Try using?:

*.???~

in the Search box.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"upweyguy" <community@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:667D1C3E-7945-4CA5-A7B0-BFBE33CE3C98@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Can somebody suggest a way that I can search all of my files in Vista that
> have the extension .doc~, or any file that has the ~ in the extension.
>
> I have searched the internet high and low but with to avail. Hundreds if
> not thousands of files came back onto my hard drive with the ~ in the file
> extension with the original file as well (that is without the ~). If I
> type the ~ into the search program with vista, every single file appears.
> I only want to delete the files with the ~ in the file extension.
>
> Thank you in advance.

In the Search box, type:

name:~"*.*~"


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"upweyguy" <community@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:667D1C3E-7945-4CA5-A7B0-BFBE33CE3C98@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Can somebody suggest a way that I can search all of my files in Vista that
> have the extension .doc~, or any file that has the ~ in the extension.
>
> I have searched the internet high and low but with to avail. Hundreds if
> not thousands of files came back onto my hard drive with the ~ in the file
> extension with the original file as well (that is without the ~). If I
> type the ~ into the search program with vista, every single file appears.
> I only want to delete the files with the ~ in the file extension.
>
> Thank you in advance.