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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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