How do I search for multiple files in a particular directory

cincihal said:

I did as I Lemur suggested, I opened up My Documents and in the search box in the upper right, typed *.doc And *.txt, checking first to make sure there were actually some of those files types in that directory first. the result was "No items match your search".

Please look at my attached example. Note in the search box, I specified *.txt OR *.docx. I did not use the AND. Here is why. AND means one file would have to satisfy both requirements. OR means it just has to satisfy one of the requirements. Does that make sense?

Excellent. Boolean logic can be your friend :)

cincihal said:

It looks like there are differing opinions on this subject and I will have to say that the Windows 7 search utility is not as intuitive as some seem to think. I did as I Lemur suggested, I opened up My Documents and in the search box in the upper right, typed *.doc And *.txt, checking first to make sure there were actually some of those files types in that directory first. the result was "No items match your search".

This is due to an error in search string. Boolean AND means both search criteria must be true, and because a file only has one extension, search can not find anything.

Correct syntax is *.doc OR *.txt



This search finds all files with extension .doc OR extension .txt.

Same search can also be done using search parameter ext:xxx, where xxx is the extension searched. Syntax for this search would be ext:doc OR ext:txt:



Kari

EDIT: Too late, fellow geeks were faster...

Kari said:

EDIT: Too late, fellow geeks were faster...

I resemble that remark