Meaning of "*" in Windows 7 Explorer Search?
- by Pumbaa80
I have a folder containing files like
radiobutton-clicked.png
radiobutton-foobar.png
radiobutton-foobarbaz.png
... etc.
This is what happens when I search in Windows Explorer:
radio: all files found
radio*: all files found
*button: all files found
*radiobutton*: all files found
radiobutton*: no results
radiobutton: no results
radio*button: all files found
So what the hell does the * precisely do? Is there some documentation on this?
And why does radio and radio*button work as a search term, but radiobutton not?
Edit:
I know that * is usually supposed to be a wildcard matching 0 or more characters. But obviously it doesn't in this case.
