Filenames beginning with text + *.lnk extension

[Pouvouxop]

Hello everybody,


First of all, thank you all for the great answers you give everyday.

Could you help me with something?

Description of the situation

When I am looking for files, my results are always "problematic".

For example, I want to find the file "correct name.xlsx" in the folder "D:\DB\Dropbox\test"

I do a search with the keyword "correct name".

the result is the following:

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If the file is open, then another result is there as well, a result beginning with "~$"

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I redacted my name.

What I am doing at the moment:

1) In Tools\Options\Indexes\Exclude

I ticked "Enable exclude list" and added

C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows
C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office
C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel
C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows

to the list.

2) I type

!~$ after my keywords

What I would want

I would like only one result to appear: "correct name.xlsx" in the folder "D:\DB\Dropbox\test"

AND I would like not to input a filter such as "!~$" after my keywords. I would like the exclusion to be permanent.

I had tried adding *.LNK and *.lnk to the field "Exclude files:", but it did not work, nor did ext:lnk.

Is there something I can do?

I wish you all a great day

[void]

To exclude ~$ files:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Exclude tab on the left.
• Set Exclude files (at the bottom) to:
  ~$*;*.lnk
• Click OK.

[Pouvouxop]

Amazing, very nice of you.

It seems so easy, I feel stupid for not having found it myself earlier while looking on the forums.

Thanks a lot!!