searching by filename

[yawnmoth]

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.

 

[Bob]

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

 

[+Bob+]

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

Or install a search tool that has an intuitive interface, as opposed
to the mangled mess that is Vista Search.

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

After that, you can shut off indexing and the indexing service and
improve system performance.