How can I search for all files not containing a speific (_) character in a folder in Windows 7?

How can I search in Windows 7 for all files not containing a speific (_) character in the file?

I have two files with about 50 000 files in each folder.  There are many copies of the same file (only one folder contains photos, the other file has data files.  In the two files copies have the same name as the original file, for example IMG01, but identified for example IMG01_1, IMG01_2, etc..)

I would like to find all files that DO NOT have a _ in them.  Can I do this?  How?

Or I have to search for all files that have a _ by searching for * _ *?  Delete these files?

I tried, but program trotted for 2 hours.  Just take a while?

I thought that if I could search only files without the _ it would be more effective.

Less than 20% of the files in each folder have not a _ in them.

You should be able to use a? or * to replace a number of characters that are either unique or variable.  * book would find both book and facebook, or? ook would only book.

Anyway, there's probably not a way to identify the files corrupted by a search.

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