Weird Explorer File Search Result

[TVeblen]

I was saving some email.
One file I named "14-01-05, Shipping Info.eml" ; the other "14-01-05, Order Confirmation.html".

When I saved the first file I was not paying attention and it went to the previously opened folder (un-remembered to me). No big, I saved it again to the correct folder along with the second file.

Then I went to Explorer Search to find and delete the stray file. I searched for " 14-01-05 ".
Only "14-01-05, Order Confirmation.html" came up.
Even when searching the folder that contains only those 2 files the search only finds the .html file, not the .eml file!
I only found the file by searching C: and finding a shortcut referencing a location.

Can anyone explain this?

 

[Brink]

Hello Bob,

You may need to rebuild the index for it to show up if the index wasn't up to date at the time.

Hope this helps.

 

[TVeblen]

Thanks Shawn.

I do not have indexing turned on for my PC. I can't even remember why I do that. However I don't do a lot of searching, so never saw the need for speed there.

I tried restarting. No difference.

I assume that rebuilding is moot since the indexing service is OFF?

 

[Brink]

Yeah, there would be no need to rebuild with the index turned off.

I like searching by file extension using *.eml instead if you don't have to many of them to.

 

[TVeblen]

Just a few hundred!

It's more of a curiosity than anything. The fact that it can't find the file when you point it right at it.

 

[Brink]

Yeah, I find it to be a bit quirky at times as well. You might use something like this below with the * variable to widen the search to see if it may include it afterwards.

14-01-05*

OR

*14-01-05

OR

*14-01-05*

 

[TVeblen]

Ah! That's a good one. I'll try it.

No! It STILL does not list more than one file in a folder with 2 files! Weird!!