searching files

I searched a file under a drive with name, for example

ab2234.rar

when I searched with keyword 2234 it returned with nothing (no file was found)

but when I searched with ab2234 under the same drive it found out the file.

Why it's that???

 

Windows search supportd wildcards.
Try searching for *2234* or *2234.rar

 

Problem here if you didn't know the saved name how would you find it? I didn't have to use the wildcard "*" to find files. And this was using Windows 7 and Windows 10.

 

I mean.
When I search with "2233" alone it does not give out any result

but if I search with "ab2233" it gives the result of the file ab2233

or if I search with "ab" alone, it also gives the result of the file ab2233

all cases above without *

Why it does not give any results searching with keywords starting with number

 

Because when you search for "2233", you are telling Windows to search for files named "2233", not (as you seem to believe) search for files with names *containing* "2233".

If you want to search for files with names *containing* "2233", you need to use a wildcard character in your search, in this case the * symbol. If you want to specify that you are searching for any files with names ending in "2233", you use *2233 (this will show "ab2233" in your search results, for example), or if you want to specify any file with a name that contains "2233" anywhere in the file name, you use *2233* (this will also show "ab2233").

This was already explained in previous posts.

 

I use Everything Search Engine for insta-searching NTFS drives, it's fantastic - and unlike Windows Search will find ab2233.rar even if you type 2233, in your example.

 

Thanks for this hint, a great tool !