Search for Windows 7 can't find partial matches - when will it be fixed or is there a workaround?
Windows (in Windows 7 and Vista) search will find only a partial file name (and the file content I guess) match if the text is the beginning of the string. He won't find a string in a file (the file content?) name. This diminshes greatly the value of research and thought that he would have been treated here.
Example:
I have a file named invoicenumber12345.doc
If I search on invoicenumber file appears in the results. If I look on number12345, 12345 or any other subset of characters that appear in the name I get nothing.
It is therefore impossible to find files based on partial knowledge.
Example:
I know that I have sent a letter to Joe Smith, but I can't because I named the file lettertojoesmith.doc
Due to the limitation of the search, if I'm not rememer the exact file name (or at least that it starts with "letterto", I couldn't find - then what is research?) Through structure file names so that you know how to find totally defeated RESEARCH capacity.
Does anyone know when this limitation will be addressed or whether there is a solution?
You can use wildcards like? and *.
In your case: search for * 12345 or * joe * smith.
In fact, it is more flexible that a simple search on partial file names.
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