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Searching of Files Using File Explorer
We can search files or folders through File Explorer if we exactly know the name of the file
or the extension of the file. To search for files or folders through File Explorer, follow the
given steps:
1 Open the File Explorer and type the file
or folder name that you want to search.
2 Double-click on the
file or folder to open.
The file or folder will be opened on the screen.
Searching for a File 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. To use asterisk to search for a file/
folder on the computer, follow the given steps:
1 Open the File Explorer
and type 'comp*' in the
search box.
2 The File Explorer displays
the files and folders that start
with the word ‘comp’.
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