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Saved Search Uses @ as Replacement for * in Filename

Article ID: 119312

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006


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SUMMARY

If you click Files Or Folders on the Find menu, do a search using a wildcard (an asterisk [*] or a question mark [?]), and then save the search, Windows 95 replaces the wildcard in the filename of the Find File icon with an alternate character. The asterisk is replaced by an at symbol (@) and the question mark is replaced by an exclamation point (!).

The saved search functions correctly even though the filename is displayed incorrectly.

This substitution occurs because the asterisk and question mark wildcards are invalid characters for filenames.

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