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Windows enables us to search for files or folders through the search box that is always available
in the File Explorer window. You can use this search box in any of the following situations:
We remember the filename completely or some part of it.
We know the date of last modification in the file.
We know the file extension.
Let us learn how we can use the Search feature in windows.
Searching of Files using File Explorer
We can search the files or folders through File Explorer if we exactly know the name of the file or
extension of the file. We need to follow the given steps to search files or folders through File
Explorer:
Step 1 Open the File Explorer
window.
Step 2 Type the file or folder name that
you want to search in the search
box at the top-right corner.
Windows will show you files or
folders as per the search term
typed.
Step 3 Double-click on the file or
folder.
The file or folder will be opened on the Searching file
screen.
Searching for a file using Wildcard Characters
Do you know we can still find a file in the computer even if we don’t know its location or
complete name? We can use wildcard characters for searching these kinds of files. Wildcard
is a special character which is used to represent one or more characters. Generally, two
wildcard characters are commonly used for searching files in a system. These are asterisk(*)
and question mark (?).
Searching of files using (*) asterisk
Asterisk is used to replace a string of characters in the search term. This implies that if we
place an asterisk in our search term then Windows will search for a file name with the given
characters and any other text string. An asterisk represents one or more characters in the string.
For example, if we type ‘comp*’ then it searches for files or folders beginning with ‘comp’ and
displays like ‘computer’, or ‘company’, or ‘Compile’ etc. Follow the given steps to use asterisk to
search for a file in computer:
Step 1 Open the File Explorer and type 'comp*' in the search box.
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