How to match the full name

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Only whole:aaa is correct

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Only whole:aaa is correct

As you have found, prefix your search term with

whole:

to match the whole filename.

This is the best option.
-Do you always want to match the whole filename without specifying whole:?



To treat underscore as a word character:

• 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:
  under
• Select: filename_underscore_word_character
• Set the value to: true
• Click OK.

filename_underscore_word_character

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Why doesn't the full word match in the search menu work like 'whole'?

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whole: matches the whole filename

Search Menu > Match Whole Words matches whole words.
(search function for this is ww: or wholeword: )

Example fioles/folders:
[1] c:\everything
[2] c:\everything\everything.ini
[3] c:\everything\123everything.txt

The first one matches: [1]
The second one matches [1] and [2]

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Got it. So if I search for aaa, the results will still include ***.aaa; aaa-***. Thanks.

filename_underscore_word_character true exclude aaa_****

[ncnnnn]

If you don't want to type 'whole' every time to match, is there any way, like a checkbox in a filter or something?

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Create a Whole Filename filter:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to:
  Whole Filename
• Change the Search to:
  whole*:$param:
• Click OK.

Activate this filter from the Search menu.

whole:
whole*: