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[binocular222]

I want to find all files which have labels and extension = .exe. This pattern not work:
Computer?lbl:?* AND "*.exe"
Any suggestion?

[serendipity]

I want to find all files which have labels and extension = .exe. This pattern not work:
Computer?lbl:?* AND "*.exe"
Any suggestion?

You have to use boolean operator ":" as you are using AND here, maybe something like this?

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Computer?:*.exe AND lbl:*

[binocular222]

Thanks, this works.
Just a little strange that swapping two side of AND does not work:
Not Work: Computer?lbl:* AND :*.exe
Work: Computer?:*.exe AND lbl:*

[serendipity]

Thanks, this works.
Just a little strange that swapping two side of AND does not work:
Not Work: Computer?lbl:* AND :*.exe
Work: Computer?:*.exe AND lbl:*

Well, boolean search should start with ":", I'll break it for you:
Computer is the location
? means to trigger a search
: means trigger a boolean search
*.exe means to search all exe files
AND is the boolean operator
lbl: means to search labels
* means search all labels

So in the example that did not work boolean is triggered after AND so obviously it won't work.
Also, XY does not know what *.exe is if you put it second. So just like how you put lbl: to identify label, you have to explicitly put name: to identify that its a name, like this:

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Computer?:lbl:* AND name:*.exe

By the way if you are searching the whole computer, this will also work:

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*?:lbl:* AND name:*.exe

The first * means all drives

btw, in the help file "find files" section has all of this. Paste this in address bar:
::help "idh_find.htm#idh_findtabname";

[binocular222]

and how to search for file with extension exe or lnk or no extension?

[admin]

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?:*.exe | *.lnk | !.