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Windows 7 Proper search syntax for exact and only exact match

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Mar 15, 202614581 views
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Problem

In Windows 7 if I search for I would expect only files and folders that are EXACTLY . Which would only be extension-less files named debug, or folders. Windows being it's ever ready "helpful" expands my results to return things like or .

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"debug"

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Fix for: Windows 7 Proper search syntax for exact and only exact match

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You can use the search filters with an equal sign to force the exact match. So searching for returns everything with 'debug' in any searchable meta-data, searching for returns everything with 'debug' in the name, and searching with returns only the …

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