Find Files

[DaveOzric]

Hello, I am using OneDrive to backup 70K files and they do not allow # or % in the file names. Stupid since Windows allows it and this is MS backup. I know there are some with these characters in the file name. I have used XYplorer for replacing characters before but for some reason it's not working on a whole drive. I have only done a single folder before.

When I select the drive letter and put in # in the name field and use the default search settings it returns all the files.

Can someone tell me what I need to do for this to work?

Thank you

[bdeshi]

# is a special character in XYplorer search syntax, so you need to escape it. Try this in the name field:

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[#]

for more info enter this in addressbar

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::rtfm "idh_find.htm#idh_findtabnamemode";

[highend]

# is a recognized as a wildcard.

To find it you have to enclose it in square brackets.

E.g.

[#].*bat

Would find all .bat files that only consists of the name: #

% isn't used a wildcard so you should be able to use it normally...

[DaveOzric]

Worked perfect!

Thanks for your help.