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August 1st 08, 09:22 PM
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Desktop Search and special characters
Hi, I need to search files or folders that have $ or § or # in the name
if I put a $ in the search box, I get near all the files in my hd... even if they doesn't contain that char... I use Vista (...), in XP with standard search (NOT desktop search) the results were fine... Any advice?! thanks in advance 
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September 8th 09, 09:01 PM
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Desktop Search and special characters
doraz;792979 Wrote: Hi, I need to search files or folders that have $ or § or # in the name if I put a $ in the search box, I get near all the files in my hd... even if they doesn't contain that char... I use Vista (...), in XP with standard search (NOT desktop search) the results were fine... Any advice?! thanks in advance Hm, Im not sure why this question wasnt "good" enough to be answered. But frankly, its exactly the one I DO need answered. I have files on my drive for my Vista that contains the special character "{" (without quotes obviously). But for those of you that know about vista you simply cannot do a start/search for that or any other special characters because its considered a wildcard. So how do WE fix this and find the files we need to find? Of course the fella above me probably got his answer by now - but I need one as well. This is REALLY starting to annoy me lol. So if anyone can help it would be appreciated. Thanks Kristi -- kristiambrose
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September 8th 09, 09:01 PM
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Desktop Search and special characters
doraz;792979 Wrote: Hi, I need to search files or folders that have $ or § or # in the name if I put a $ in the search box, I get near all the files in my hd... even if they doesn't contain that char... I use Vista (...), in XP with standard search (NOT desktop search) the results were fine... Any advice?! thanks in advance Hm, Im not sure why this question wasnt "good" enough to be answered. But frankly, its exactly the one I DO need answered. I have files on my drive for my Vista that contains the special character "{" (without quotes obviously). But for those of you that know about vista you simply cannot do a start/search for that or any other special characters because its considered a wildcard. So how do WE fix this and find the files we need to find? Of course the fella above me probably got his answer by now - but I need one as well. This is REALLY starting to annoy me lol. So if anyone can help it would be appreciated. Thanks Kristi -- kristiambrose
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September 8th 09, 10:49 PM
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Desktop Search and special characters
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:01:55 -0500, kristiambrose
wrote: [...snip...] I have files on my drive for my Vista that contains the special character "{" (without quotes obviously). But for those of you that know about vista you simply cannot do a start/search for that or any other special characters because its considered a wildcard. So how do WE fix this and find the files we need to find? Of course the fella above me probably got his answer by now - but I need one as well. Kristi, Actually, the problem is a little different. Search is now word-based, not character based. Brackets are considered punctuation by Search, not wild cards. To get meaningful results, queries that contain punctuation must also contain words, a phrase, or a wild card. For example, If I search on this:[*] or this: {*} I get a bunch of files that have a phrase in their file name within brackets, just as I would expect. So give that a try. Doug M. in NJ
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September 8th 09, 10:49 PM
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Desktop Search and special characters
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:01:55 -0500, kristiambrose
wrote: [...snip...] I have files on my drive for my Vista that contains the special character "{" (without quotes obviously). But for those of you that know about vista you simply cannot do a start/search for that or any other special characters because its considered a wildcard. So how do WE fix this and find the files we need to find? Of course the fella above me probably got his answer by now - but I need one as well. Kristi, Actually, the problem is a little different. Search is now word-based, not character based. Brackets are considered punctuation by Search, not wild cards. To get meaningful results, queries that contain punctuation must also contain words, a phrase, or a wild card. For example, If I search on this:[*] or this: {*} I get a bunch of files that have a phrase in their file name within brackets, just as I would expect. So give that a try. Doug M. in NJ
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