i saw another thread with similar problems,but i need to search "( .)",not (.) ["space point" not only "point"].when i make my search,i find all files with (.).how can i find the exact match?
Try for example to find something like alpha( .)beta.txt
or any other variation by 'escaping' the special characters.Code:*~="( ."~=")"*.* ~="( ." escapes opening bracket space and dot ~=")" escapes closing bracket
Windows 7 search for file with a special character in the file name? - Super User
Alternatively, third party search tools should be able to do regex seraches too.
~=" ."
this one works.
the others,doesn't recognise the space: when i put space - point,return to ONLY point.thanks
Here's a really simple intuitive way using Locate 32: just enclose the search string in " "
(Locate32 is a free find-as-you-type indexing tool).
Unfortunately file explorer search does seem to recognise \ as an escape character, or the use of hex representation, for example.
good to know .thank for info
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