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Windows Explorer Search
I want to search in Windows Explorer for .jpg files that contain any string of text, followed by the word "landscape," followed by a space, followed by a dash, followed by any string of text.
If I type this into Windows Explorer, it returns any .jpg file with the word "landscape" in it, even if it's at the end of the filename:
If I type this into Windows Explorer, it returns no results:
Is there a way I can do this?
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But based on your description, it sounds like you're trying to find images containing certain text inside the images or metadata.
Searching for specific text within files in Windows Explorer can be tricky, especially if you're looking for text inside the file content rather than just file names. Windows Search supports content searching for certain file types like .txt, .docx, and sometimes .jpg if they contain embedded metadata or are indexed properly, but it doesn't natively search inside image content unless OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is involved.
Replace "C:\Path\To\Search" with the actual directory path you want to search.
