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Old February 25th 07, 04:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Erik Wikström
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Default Search for files with parenthesis in name

On 2007-02-25 16:09, Malke wrote:
Erik Wikström wrote:
How do I search for files who's name contains a parenthesis? Entering
(2) gives me all files containing 2 (which are a couple of houndred,
while there should only be two or three with (2) in the name) since the
parentheses have a special meaning when searching. Ive tried to use \ to
escape them but no luck.

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Erik Wikström


What about enclosing the search in quotes, like "(2)"? Does that work?


Nope

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Erik Wikström