Searching for values containing underscore character in files using windows explorer

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planetthoughtful

Hi All,

I'm trying to search a series of asp files (in text format) for a value
that contains the underscore ("_") character. For some reason this
doesn't appear to work in the windows explorer "A word or phrase in
file" search option.

eg, if i try to search for "this_is_a_known_value" in the files, the
search returns nothing, even when i confirm that value does actually
exist in one or more of the files in the directory being searched.

Does anyone know if there's a workaround for this? ie, a way to escape
the "_" character so the search recognizes it and displays the
appropriate files?
Any help appreciated!

Much warmth,

planetthoughtful
 
Hi,

Use the underscore _ by itself, without anything else in a search
for "All files and folders".
 
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