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Convenient Windows general search expressions

Windows comprehensive search of relevant files types

Cut and paste the followng into Windows Explorer search.

  • All Office files texts and Adobe Acrobat:

    ext:(doc OR docx OR xls OR xlsx OR ppt OR pptx OR txt OR pdf)

  • Compiled binaries and Arduino:

    ext:(bin OR hex OR elf OR ino OR IMG or ISO)

  • All pictures and video file types:

    kind:=picture OR kind:=video

  • All music file extensions:

    kind:=music OR ext:(mp3 OR wav OR wma OR flac OR 3gp OR aa OR aac OR m4a OR m4p OR ogg OR oga OR mogg OR ra OR rm OR raw OR webm)

  • Search for all personal content - All of the above:

    ext:(doc OR docx OR xls OR xlsx OR ppt OR pptx OR txt OR pdf) OR ext:(bin OR hex OR elf OR ino OR img OR iso) OR kind:=music OR kind:=picture OR kind:=video OR ext:(mp3 OR wav OR wma OR flac OR 3gp OR aa OR aac OR m4a OR m4p OR ogg OR oga OR mogg OR ra OR rm OR raw OR webm)

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update md name

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add compiled and arduino

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