Windows 10: Search for "$" character from a bunch of files.

I have a bunch of outlook files.eml, which they are in a folder, not on Outlook. I want to search into all the files, all emails that contains the character "$". The searching it´s on Windows searh tool, I´m looking only on the specific folder.I tried to use "$", "*$", *$... and no search is back... any idea? thanks!

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Searching file names using wild characters

In searching File Explorer (Win10) the wild character "?" doesn't seem to work when searching for a file name. e.g. "?E1" doesn't produce a list of files having E1 as 2nd & 3rd character in file names. Used to work beautifully in Win 7.

 

search windows box next to start only allows 2 or 3 characters to be typed

Hi,

To isolate your concern regarding search box, kindly answer the following questions:

• Are you getting any results even you can only type 2-3 characters?
• Is the Search suggestions working?
• What happen when you exceeded 3 characters?

Looking forward to your reply.

Regards.

 

Searching Within Files

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, this doesn't help. None of the suggestions on the page you linked show how to search for a string
directly within a larger one. I.e. a test file that I tried started with the sole text 'something'. When I searched for 'some' it listed the file. However, I then put letters around the text: 'asomethingb'. Note that there is no space between the
'a' and the 's'. Entering the search string 'some' now, does not list the file. If I did not know the characters preceding the search string, I would not be able to find the file. From past experience, I know I was able to locate a file that way with previous
versions of Windows. However, this version, at least, necessitates the need for a space pior to the search result in the file, or at least the preceding character to be known and therefore entered.