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Step 4 Double-click on the file or folder.
The file or folder will be opened on the screen.
Searching for Files/Folders Using Wildcard Characters
Do you know we can still find a file/folder on the computer even if we don’t know its location
or complete name? We can use wildcard characters to search for these kinds of files/folders.
A wildcard is a special character that is used to represent one or more characters. Generally,
two wildcard characters are commonly used for searching files/folders in a system. These are
the asterisk(*) and question mark (?).
Searching for files/folders 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 or folder 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. Perform the following steps to use
asterisk to search for a file/folder on the computer.
Step 1 Open the File Explorer and type 'comp*' in the search box.
Step 2 The File Explorer displays the files and folders that start with the word ‘comp’.
Searching files/folders using the asterisk
Step 3 To narrow the search and to search for a specific type of file, type ‘comp*.docx’, then
the File Explorer will display all the files that begin with the name ‘comp’ and extension
.docx.
Searching for specific type of files
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