Windows 10: Searching for Brackets within a file name windows 10 ie "2"

I haven't done this for many years, but my failing memory seems to recall it was easy, just type in the search query within the parenthesis and up it would pop. ie all the files that have 2 would show. Now it gets everything with a 2 in it. Hopefully there is a simple way that I am missing. Nothing on google or bing search helps.

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Searching Within Files

I have tried searching within files in Windows 10 for a string. However, through testing, it seems that when the string being searched for does not have a space in front, it ignores it. E.g. if the text in the file is 'The quick brown fox' and I search
for 'quick', it will list the file. But if the search string is 'ick', then the file will not be listed despite the text obviously being there. Any suggestions?

Matt

 

Searching within files in Windows 7 in 2019

I would like a way in windows explorer to search within files in addition to searching for file names. It may not be possible to search within all file types. Thats ok if there is a list of file extensions and ranges for last modified date on the file which
work now. For example, with a "doc" extension which last modified date ranges work, and how to specify?

Is there a way to search within pdf files? What are the restrictions?

 

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.