Searching for a folder name as a whole

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supplementfacts
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Searching for a folder name as a whole

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Hi, I have a folder with the name "mic". Unfortunately, when I open up Everything and type "folder:mic" it brings up thousands of folders with "microsoft" in their name. Because I only want the "mic" folder, I then try to restrict it by typing "folder:'mic'" with quotation marks, but with double quotes no restriction occurs and with single quotes I get zero results. Restricting it with backslashes doesn't work either: "folder:mic\" brings up subfolders of folders ending in "mic", "folder:\mic" brings up subfolders of folders beginning with "mic", and with "folder:\mic\" I get zero results. I can't think of any other possible way to restrict the search.

Does anyone know how to restrict the results to folders named "mic"? Thanks.
void
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Re: Searching for a folder name as a whole

Post by void »

Please try searching for:
exact:folder:mic

exact modifier.

Regex would also work:
regex:folder:^mic$

regex syntax.
supplementfacts
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Re: Searching for a folder name as a whole

Post by supplementfacts »

Thanks, it works!
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