Windows 10: Searching for multiple instances of the same file in different folders?

Is there a way in Windows graphical search, or even Powershell command-line to search for any instances of a file name that appears multiple times on the same drive?

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Search for Multiple Files in Folder

Hi Cedric. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator, here to help you.

See methods to search for multiple files in Windows here:

https://www.thefreewindows.com/4539/search-mult...

https://itsiti.com/how-to-search-and-list-multi...

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-search-multiple-...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you'll wait to rate whether my post resolved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Multiple Instances of Documents folder Under "This PC"

I'm running the latest version of windows 10 64 bit pro (as of 8/19/15). I've redirected all file folders under my user account to OneDrive, Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos and shared them with the home group. The problem arises anytime I make
changes to any of the listed folders (Cut, copy, paste, new file, delete file) produce multiple instances of the folder that I've preformed the action on under "This PC" in file explorer. Those copies remain there until I close and reopen Explorer. I'm at
a complete loss whether it's the redirect or the share that's causing this but, it's most annoying. I have turned on and off sharing with the home group with no change in behavior. I have searched everywhere I can think of but, cannot find a similar situation.
Any help or suggestions on where to look for help will be appreciated.

 

Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

• I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.

• Then I tried to remove the Pictures folder with option one at Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials. Even after rebooting, the Pictures folder remained.
• So I tried using option two. Same thing: reboot >> Pictures folder still there.

• Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.

That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.