Windows 7 Search Part of Filename

I'm trying to search for all files that contain the word "box". I get results for files that start with box, such as "box01", "boxcar" etc. But I do not get files that end with or contain the search word, such as "thebox", "thisboxfile".

How can I search for part of a file's name in Windows 7?

Abdulla

Posted 2012-04-05T02:54:23.480

Reputation: 145

Answers

I assume you are using windows explorer. Navigate to the closest portion of the directory tree where you think the file is. Then in the top right search box, use the wildcard syntax, and type "*box". The asterisk in front of or after, means match anything.

jdh

Posted 2012-04-05T02:54:23.480

Reputation: 6 645

This doesn't seem to work with the name: prefix. – Drazen Bjelovuk – 2014-06-29T00:58:44.110

Thanks to cody codes and Jason C, I've discovered that name:~=keyword as well as name:~~keyword do the job in this case.

– Drazen Bjelovuk – 2014-06-29T01:22:49.167

Combining this with double quotes, you can search for something with spaces too, like: name:~="keyword keyword" – Winfried – 2015-08-08T03:40:03.673

Microsoft, kings of usability and user friendliness. Even a search box requires declarative programming language knowledge to use. #mustbethistall – Paul-Sebastian Manole – 2018-10-19T14:27:42.440

Everything Search is the best tool I have ever used and its free and much faster than other's, just search whatever you want just enter the word or file name. Agent Ransack is another tool which can see through the contents of the files.

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avirk

Posted 2012-04-05T02:54:23.480

Reputation: 15 151