Windows 7 search doesn’t find text strings

[c627627]

Can you repeat test using a *.txt file instead of a .docx file. Repeat test using a 97-2003 .doc file instead of 2007 and later .docx file.

 

[Odd Ramos]

I've newly created a.txt; a.doc; a.docx files containing the word "football".

content:~~ball finds the files

content:*ball* finds nothing.

 

[c627627]

It turns out we cannot use a * to search contents, only file names.

If you have a third party program that can use * to search for content - definitely stick with it as Windows 7/8 could not use * for content search on yours and my system.