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While searching for Windows.h, I discovered some rather annoying search behaviour on Windows 10. Rather than being presented with a single result of Windows.h, I was presented with an entire laundry list of files with "Windows" in them and "h" in them, which is not what I wanted. Searching for "Windows.h" did not help.



How can I search for Windows.h and receive only files with exactly that name?



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  • Have you considered that your doesn't have a file named Windows.h that's typically only on a pc with the appropriate SDK installed

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    I have attached a picture that shows that Windows.h is present, but I do not want to see all of the other results.

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While searching for Windows.h, I discovered some rather annoying search behaviour on Windows 10. Rather than being presented with a single result of Windows.h, I was presented with an entire laundry list of files with "Windows" in them and "h" in them, which is not what I wanted. Searching for "Windows.h" did not help.



How can I search for Windows.h and receive only files with exactly that name?



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share|improve this question

























  • Have you considered that your doesn't have a file named Windows.h that's typically only on a pc with the appropriate SDK installed

    – Ramhound
    Jan 2 '17 at 0:01






  • 1





    I have attached a picture that shows that Windows.h is present, but I do not want to see all of the other results.

    – xaav
    Jan 2 '17 at 0:18














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While searching for Windows.h, I discovered some rather annoying search behaviour on Windows 10. Rather than being presented with a single result of Windows.h, I was presented with an entire laundry list of files with "Windows" in them and "h" in them, which is not what I wanted. Searching for "Windows.h" did not help.



How can I search for Windows.h and receive only files with exactly that name?



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While searching for Windows.h, I discovered some rather annoying search behaviour on Windows 10. Rather than being presented with a single result of Windows.h, I was presented with an entire laundry list of files with "Windows" in them and "h" in them, which is not what I wanted. Searching for "Windows.h" did not help.



How can I search for Windows.h and receive only files with exactly that name?



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  • Have you considered that your doesn't have a file named Windows.h that's typically only on a pc with the appropriate SDK installed

    – Ramhound
    Jan 2 '17 at 0:01






  • 1





    I have attached a picture that shows that Windows.h is present, but I do not want to see all of the other results.

    – xaav
    Jan 2 '17 at 0:18



















  • Have you considered that your doesn't have a file named Windows.h that's typically only on a pc with the appropriate SDK installed

    – Ramhound
    Jan 2 '17 at 0:01






  • 1





    I have attached a picture that shows that Windows.h is present, but I do not want to see all of the other results.

    – xaav
    Jan 2 '17 at 0:18

















Have you considered that your doesn't have a file named Windows.h that's typically only on a pc with the appropriate SDK installed

– Ramhound
Jan 2 '17 at 0:01





Have you considered that your doesn't have a file named Windows.h that's typically only on a pc with the appropriate SDK installed

– Ramhound
Jan 2 '17 at 0:01




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I have attached a picture that shows that Windows.h is present, but I do not want to see all of the other results.

– xaav
Jan 2 '17 at 0:18





I have attached a picture that shows that Windows.h is present, but I do not want to see all of the other results.

– xaav
Jan 2 '17 at 0:18










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If you want to match only filenames and not file contents, you can qualify the search with name: like:



name:Windows.h


If you want an exact filename match, you can qualify the search with name:= like:



name:=Windows.h





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    If you want to match only filenames and not file contents, you can qualify the search with name: like:



    name:Windows.h


    If you want an exact filename match, you can qualify the search with name:= like:



    name:=Windows.h





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      If you want to match only filenames and not file contents, you can qualify the search with name: like:



      name:Windows.h


      If you want an exact filename match, you can qualify the search with name:= like:



      name:=Windows.h





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        If you want to match only filenames and not file contents, you can qualify the search with name: like:



        name:Windows.h


        If you want an exact filename match, you can qualify the search with name:= like:



        name:=Windows.h





        share|improve this answer















        If you want to match only filenames and not file contents, you can qualify the search with name: like:



        name:Windows.h


        If you want an exact filename match, you can qualify the search with name:= like:



        name:=Windows.h






        share|improve this answer














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