Solved Search for "partial match" unavailable?

unipsychologist

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Hi. After conducting several tests on my Windows 8.1 Basic edition, it’s clear that my search function is unable to search for partial words in a file name. A Microsoft support rep told me that all editions of Windows 8 are supposed to have a search option called “partial match,” which solves that problem (You can find it using Windows Explorer, select your search box, and it should be listed under Advanced Options), but that option is not listed for me.

Is this a bug, or is this feature not offered in Windows 8 Basic edition?

Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Basic
Can you overcome it with wildcards? I tried a search with *ot* and then turned off partial match. I got the same results.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
Huh. I have Classic Shell in and did a search through the Start Menu and then opened File Explorer and did the same search. I entered "po" without the quotes. Both searches turned up the same files. Are you typing in the correct box?

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP h8 envy 1534
    CPU
    AMD FX-6200 (3.8GHz)
    Motherboard
    M3970AM-HP (Angelica2) (Gigabyte)
    Memory
    10GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Eyefinity Radeon HD 7570
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Kaskersky Internet Security 2016
Thanks. I was able to solve the problem with a wildcard. My complaint was that if I search for a known file called something like TheGodfather.avi, and I just search for a non-leading phrases like Godfather, the system will not find the file. However, if I search for *Godfather, it will. So one asterisk preceding the word solves the problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Basic
I have indexing turned off and use Everything Search. It uses MFT info and is very fast. I still use the search in Explorer for easy stuff. But for most things you don't need to put the asterisk in Everything. It's lightweight and sits in the tray. Not a resource hog. :) I've used it since XP. Since it uses MFT info it only works on NTFS partitions.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
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