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Windows 7 search for file with a special character in the file name?

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Mar 15, 2026101019 views
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Problem

I'm trying to find files in Windows 7 that have a parenthesis in the file name. However, when I type or or or I get either nothing or every file. Microsoft's "advanced query syntax" reference for desktop search mentions nothing about this. What gives?

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Fix for: Windows 7 search for file with a special character in the file name?

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Use following syntax: . is an escape character and then you can put a special character like , , etc. in double quotes.

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