Show results with items having "？" sign when I search for "?"

[tollyboss]

As the title suggests I used alternative character symbols in place of restricted characters in the filename.
"?","？"
":","："
"/","／"
"|","｜"
"*","＊"
Now here's what I need;
When I input any of the above restricted characters, I want the search results to show the items which have the alternative substitutes of those.
For eg: there's a file with name -> Who are you？.txt
And now when I input ? in the search box, the above item must appear in the results.

[void]

It's not really possible to match

？

with

?

? is a wildcard in Everything.

You can disable wildcards with the nowildcards: search modifier.

For example:

nowildcards:?

I know this is not really ideal as you have to type a lot..
You can search for

？

to match

？

Everything 1.5 will have the option to disable wildcards globally with a filter.
In Everything 1.5, from the Search menu, click Add to filters.
Change the Name to:

No Wildcards

Change the Search to:

?nowildcards: #param:

Click OK.

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filter Bar), Filter sidebar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.
Filters can be organized from Search menu -> Organize filters.

Same applies with *



Searching for

:

should already match

：

Searching for

/

should already match

／

| is the OR operator in Everything.
The OR operator can be escaped with double quotes (").
For example:

"|"

[tollyboss]

Thanks for the reply.
It's now working after I disabled the wildcards.

[void]

I'm just making a note here: &quest: and &ast: character entities in Everything 1.5.0.1397a will now disable filename wildcards.

&quest:

is the html character entity for:

?

&ast:

is the html character entity for:

*

To search for ?, include the following in your search:

&quest:

To search for *, include the following in your search:

&ast:

Filename wildcards can now be disabled from advanced settings.

To disable filename wildcards:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  wildcards
• Select: wildcards
• Set the value to: false
• Click OK.

When disabled, filename wildcards can be temporarily re-enabled from your search with

filename-wildcards:

For example:

filename-wildcards:*.mp3

Everything 1.5.0.1397a also adds filename-wildcards: and no-filename-wildcards: search modifiers.