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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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