Windows 10: How can I search for a FOLDER name using Win Explorer

How can I search for a folder name only in Windows 10 Explorer given the partial folder name. No file contents.Example: I am looking for a folder with partial name 5322, whether it be in the beginning or middle of the file name

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Editing folder names from within Explorer search results

I wanted to remove a character string from the names of all subfolders of a given folder. In an Explorer window, I entered the character string in the search box and set it running. Immediately, I got a list of all folder names containing that string. The problem: The folder names in the search results list allow you to edit them, just as in a straight Explorer directory; but as I edit the names of folders they disappear from the results list as I'd hope (because the name no longer contains the search string). However, a moment later, the folder reappears at the top of the list, in its pre-edited form. BUT, if I view the folder in a straight Explorer (outside of a search), the name shows correctly as edited. If I go back to an Explorer search and re-search the string, all the fully edited folders still appear, *in their pre-edited form*. So, I can now see these folders with their old or new names, depending on whether I browse the containing folder or browse search results.

The above happened on a OneDrive folder. I tried to reproduce it on a local folder and found a DIFFERENT phenomenon: Searching folders for a string brings up TWO results for each qualifying folder. In each pair of listings for a given folder in the search results, editing the name of one of them changes the folder name in a straight Explorer window. Editing the other version has no effect on the actual folder name. And there doesn't appear to be a way to know which is which. The folders in the search results behave as you'd expect: They disappear when edited because they no longer qualify for the search results.

Is this a known issue, or possibly related to one?

 

Windows 10 search for a specific folder name and file name

Carlos: Thanks for your reply. What you suggest is what I have been doing. I search for folders with a specific name and get a list. Then I have to search each folder for a specific file. So it's a two step search and that's what I was trying to avoid.

I assume there are applications out there that allow for an "AND" search in Windows. I'll try that approach.

Thanks, again.

 

File Explorer Search Not Working


I am trying to search in File Explorer (Windows Explorer, My Computer) and it will not find anything. I can copy text from a name in the list and paste it in the search box and it still finds nothing. I have looked at the suggestions that have been posted and nothing I find that is relative to this works. Anyone have any suggestions? I am running Win 10 Pro on an I3 coustom desktop computer.