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Help... search weirdness
Vista home premium with the updrade
I'm looking for folders whose name has the word "game" in them. If I search using the word game it shows no folders or files with the word game in them. If I search using the word gam (without the e) it shows many folders and files with the word game in them with along with, of course, a whole bunch of other junk with just gam. This is true using regular search or advanced. I'm wondering if others would get the same results. Or... what's the answer to this. thanks John |
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Help... search weirdness
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:09:41 -0500, John wrote:
Vista home premium with the updrade I'm looking for folders whose name has the word "game" in them. If I search using the word game it shows no folders or files with the word game in them. If I search using the word gam (without the e) it shows many folders and files with the word game in them with along with, of course, a whole bunch of other junk with just gam. This is true using regular search or advanced. I'm wondering if others would get the same results. Or... what's the answer to this. Hello John, There's nothing weird about what you see. Normally, a search in Windows Desktop Search 4 searches by word prefix only. To force WDS to search for a string that appears anywhere within folder names, use this syntax: kind:folder AND ~"*game*" or: kind:folder +~"*game*" or simply: kind:folder ~"*game*" All three are equivalent and will return folders whose name contains "game". Their sub folders will also be returned, regardless of name, when the option "Include sub folders when typing in the search box" is enabled. The tilde character tells WDS to use the asterisk as a wild card, even though it is within quotes. Doug M. in NJ |
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Help... search weirdness
Retroman wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:09:41 -0500, John wrote: Vista home premium with the updrade I'm looking for folders whose name has the word "game" in them. If I search using the word game it shows no folders or files with the word game in them. If I search using the word gam (without the e) it shows many folders and files with the word game in them with along with, of course, a whole bunch of other junk with just gam. This is true using regular search or advanced. I'm wondering if others would get the same results. Or... what's the answer to this. Hello John, There's nothing weird about what you see. Normally, a search in Windows Desktop Search 4 searches by word prefix only. To force WDS to search for a string that appears anywhere within folder names, use this syntax: kind:folder AND ~"*game*" or: kind:folder +~"*game*" or simply: kind:folder ~"*game*" All three are equivalent and will return folders whose name contains "game". Their sub folders will also be returned, regardless of name, when the option "Include sub folders when typing in the search box" is enabled. The tilde character tells WDS to use the asterisk as a wild card, even though it is within quotes. Doug M. in NJ Thanks... where would I find instructions about all of that? thanks again John |
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Help... search weirdness
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:27:11 -0500, John wrote:
Thanks... where would I find instructions about all of that? You're welcome, John. Basic syntax is shown in the Vista help screen "Tips for finding files". Morel details are found in these Microsoft WDS 4 pages: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../advquery.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...andtricks.mspx That said, I have yet to find a WDS reference that is complete and comprehensive. The trick of using the tilde character came from a forum post. Doug M. in NJ |