Search partial file name

[gamerguy]

Where is the setting on Vista which lets you change your search settings, so
that you can search only part of the file name, and the file will come up.
Someone changed it on my dad's computer, and I have been looking for about an
hour, and I still can't find it.

 

[Dave Wood [MSFT]]

Control Panel -> "Folder Options" -> "Search" -> "Find Partial Matches".

Or you can get there from an explorer windows "Organize" -> "Folder & Search
Options"


Dave Wood

 

[Retroman]

I have "Find partial matches" checked -- and have since the first day I
had the system, but it still won't find partial filenames. It finds
contents with partial matches, but not the files themselves. This is a
step backward from XP.

That's odd, partial file name searches work perfectly here in WDS 4. To
enable others to reproduce what you see, please give details. Include
your version of Windows and your version of Windows Desktop Search. Also
include the text of a query that fails, and an example file name that
cannot be found. Also, are you searching indexed locations? Where are
you running the search from (Win Explorer, start menu, or search-ms
dialog)?

Doug M. in NJ

 

[Retroman]

The new annoyance is not being able to do an advanced search until a
regular search completes (e.g searching by size or date). Or maybe I'm
missing something, but it's not obvious as it was in XP.

For quick access to Advanced Search, use the keyboard shortcut Win key + F
to show the search window, instead of opening Win Explorer. The Advanced
Search button will be on the far right.

Doug M. in NJ