Windows 7 search is * everything * (i.e. too many false positives).

I'm testing a software (for the sake of argument, lets call him "BOB").

I have a bunch of folders full of documents, some of which may be relevant to BOB.  I copied all the files in a folder called 'BOB_Testing '.

I now want to find each of these folders in turn to see if they contain a reference to BOB.  So I opened one of the sub folders and enter BOB as a search term.

What Windows Search returns every single file and a subfolder, on the ground that it is in the folder "BOB_Testing".

This is certainly a change in research being unable to find anything at all, but this isn't any use.  What settings or search term should I use to search for files and folders called or containing "BOB", without referring everything to a folder because more close to the root contains the word 'BOB '?

Similar to Google, you can use special commands in your search.

Try these:

content: "Bob" (finds all the files that contain the word "Bob" inside their)

" file name: ' Bob * » (find all file name starting with the Bob), including

file name: ~ "Bob" exclusive research

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