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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 file name or folder name completely or some part of it.
                    We know the date of the last modification in the file or folder.
                    We know the file extension.

                 Let us learn how we can use the Search feature in Windows.
                 Searching of Files/Folders Using File Explorer

                 We can search files or folders through File Explorer if we exactly know the name of the file/folder
                 or the extension of the file.

                 The steps to search for files or folders through File Explorer are as follows:

                                                                   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 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.





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