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Windows enables us to search for files or folders through the search box that is always available
in the Windows 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 of the file.
We know the file extension.
Let us learn how we can use the Search feature in Windows.
Searching of files using Windows Explorer
We can search the files or folders through Windows 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
Windows Explorer:
Step 1 Open the Windows Explorer
window.
Step 2 Type the file or folder name that you
want to search in the search box at
the top-right corner.
Step 3 Windows will show files or folders
as per the search term typed.
Step 4 Double-click on the file or folder.
The file or folder will be opened on
the screen. Searching file
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 that 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’, ‘company’, or ‘Compile’ etc. Perform the following steps to use asterisk
to search for a file in a computer.
Step 1 Open the Windows Explorer and type 'comp*' in the search box.
Step 2 The Windows Explorer displays the files and folders that start with the word ‘comp’.
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