Search Syntax Help

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jmjg
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Search Syntax Help

Post by jmjg »

Can anyone help me, I used to be able to put ^in front of a word say night with regex on, and the results would show me only files that start with the word night. All of a sudden that stopped working now it seems I get no results and if I remove the ^ I get every file with the word night in it. No idea why it stopped working to use the ^ in my search but no mater how I try when I use ^ I get zero files found.
ovg
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Re: Search Syntax Help

Post by ovg »

regex:^night when Search->Enable Regex isn't checked
^night when Search->Enable Regex is checked
jmjg
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Re: Search Syntax Help

Post by jmjg »

As I stated in my original post that method does not work for me, I get zero responses when I try using ^ in front of a search term no mater how I have regex set.
void
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Re: Search Syntax Help

Post by void »

Please make sure you have match path disabled from the Search menu.

When match path is enabled, the full path and filename must match

For example, with match path enabled:
^night does not match c:\folder\subfolder\night.jpg
^c:\folder\subfolder\night does match c:\folder\subfolder\night.jpg
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