Searching just for filenames

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I want to search for only filenames in "Windows Search API" by visual c++ . and i don't want to search for contents because its time consuming. does "windows search API" have this option ?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '13 at 08:16

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As described (although not that well) in the Advanced Query Syntax reference, you can use:

filename:foo

to search for filenames containing "foo".

answered Oct 01 '13 at 08:16

Jonathan Potter

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '13 at 08:23

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The easiest way ist to use the "Name:myfiletosearchfor" Syntax with ISearchQueryHelper.

Here is a sample application. It is MFC but the specific parts are easy to convert. http://www.arlt.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wssample.zip

answered Oct 01 '13 at 08:23

xMRi

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Searching just for filenames

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