Windows 7 Search By Filename

1

I'm getting better at understanding the Windows7 search, but am still not happy with it. Is there a way to search for all filenames that end with a certain extension? If I search on

filename:*.ext

I get results like this:

file.ext

file.ext.doc

ext.txt

I just want to find

file.ext

sdoca

Posted 2011-09-20T15:32:03.703

Reputation: 606

Answers

1

I just tested this and if you use "*.ext" it'll only return files with .ext at the END of the file name.
So it'll still return .doc.ext but not .ext.doc.

Rob

Posted 2011-09-20T15:32:03.703

Reputation: 444

Thanks. Adding the quotes seems obvious now, but since we didn't have to do that in previous Windows searches, it's not something that comes to mind right away. I really don't like this new search. :( – sdoca – 2011-09-20T15:58:39.100

5

Another method is to use the option ext:extension.

surfasb

Posted 2011-09-20T15:32:03.703

Reputation: 21 453

For example ext:.doc – Guy Thomas – 2011-11-01T10:26:56.747

Asked: 2011-09-20T15:32:03.703

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Active: 2011-09-20T18:55:15.620