No results when searching for ---=== !!! MasTer !!! ===---

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Nancy_Widmore
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No results when searching for ---=== !!! MasTer !!! ===---

Post by Nancy_Widmore »

Hello , I like to test software so I named few folders different names and here is what I found , weird :mrgreen:

So when searching for

---=== !!! MasTer !!! ===--- I get Zero results

When I search for ! NO results

When I search for !!

-I get results for any files or folder with a space in between EXAMPLE ! ! however when I search there I do Not add spaces but there is folders and files named that way Also there is results for millions of files from everywhere that I never searched for , Example : 闪电体 Which not relative to the search

It will also show results for big dots •DSert and other languages file names

When i search for !!! - 3 of them no result

!!!! results will be same as !!

So long story short , Can you please fix that :) thank you , I'm using the the latest alpha version,

Thanks.
void
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Re: No results when searching for ---=== !!! MasTer !!! ===---

Post by void »

! = NOT operator.

Please escape operators with double quotes (")

"---=== !!! MasTer !!! ===---"

-or-

---=== "!!!" MasTer "!!!" ===---



Space = AND operator.

You could also escape the spaces with quotes as ! is only treated as the NOT operator when it is at the start of the search term.

---===" "!!!" "MasTer" "!!!" "===---



To disable the ! NOT operator:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    not
  • Select allow_exclamation_point_not.
  • Set the value to: false
  • Click OK.
You can use not: for the NOT operator.
therube
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