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Locate multiple files with ease Is there a way to find all files of a certain type, rather than performing separate searches in multiple locations? Yes. Using the Windows Find tool, there's no need to do a separate search for each file - simply use the wildcard '*' in place of the name or extension (or part of the name or extension) to stand for 'any'. For example, '*.bat' will match any file with the extension BAT. Use the wildcard '?' to stand for any individual character. For example, 'month??.xls' would match month01.xls, month02.xls and so on. You can also type more than one filename in the 'Named' box (each of which may contain wildcards), separating them with semicolons. So, for example, you could search for 'system.ini;mfc??.dll;config.*' to find the locations of all the files that matched those three separate specifications.
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