SOLVED Search for special characters in Windows

[Ian]

I was trying to find a filename which had a special character in the title, which the search box in Windows Explorer would ignore.

It turns out, that to search for special characters like ()[]' etc..., you need to use this:

~="x"

Just replace x with the special character you are searching for, and it will now work.

Hope this helps someone else!

 

[Regedit32]

Nice detective work their Ian.

It's odd they did not go for the 'back flick' character on that Key given its what they are using in PowerShell to allow you to use special characters in a line of code, eg: $string = "I like Microsoft `&& PowerShell"