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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 filename completely or some part of it.

                We know the date of last modification in the file.

                We know the file extension.
            Let us learn how we can use the Search feature in windows.

            Searching of Files using File Explorer

            We can search the files or folders through File 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 File
            Explorer:

            Step 1   Open the File 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 you 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                          Searching file
            screen.

            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 which 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’, or ‘company’, or ‘Compile’ etc. Perform the following steps to use asterisk to search
            for a file in computer.

            Step 1  Open the File Explorer and type 'comp*' in the search box.

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