Windows 10: How to search a file by its partial name?

Discus and support How to search a file by its partial name? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I think you'll find a Cortana search like that only searches what's been indexed. So if it's not indexed, it's not found. Hint at the bottom: 'Other... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by yma16, Dec 17, 2015.

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  1. YMA16
    yma16 Win User

    How to search a file by its partial name?


    Both worked. Thanks a lot.
     
    yma16, Dec 20, 2015
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  2. POOLMON
    poolmon Win User

    I'm not familiar with WIN 10 search but from what you described it is not searching your C drive but only either the "My Stuff" folder or the "Windows" folder and the "Web". Perhaps some else can describe how do a search of your entire drive that corresponds with a WIN 7 search of the entire drive.
     
    poolmon, Dec 20, 2015
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  3. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member
    Provided you set up explorer so it is 'looking at' the area you wish to search, so will it search it. Here- everything.

    How to search a file by its partial name? [​IMG]


    The mistake some make is to have explorer 'looking' at some folder, and expect search to search outside that. And if only certain areas are indexed, that search can take rather a long time.

    Forget explorer and Windows search. Slow, awkward to set up, and slow unless everything you wish to search is indexed.
     
    dalchina, Apr 4, 2018
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