How to search for files only and names that start with...

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1.When doing a search,I want to get only file names that contains what I'm searching for(excluding folders)
file: or !folder: or !attrib:D doesn't help
2.I also want to search for files only that start with what I'm searching for.

I often want to search that way and I often almost create a thread about it but then I remember that "\something" works(if I remember correctly)but now no matter what I try(I was before on WinXP and now I'm on Win7 x64 with the x64 version of everything),I always get files and folder names that start with what I'm searching for.

1.3.4.686 (x64) on Win 7 x64 Ultimate SP1

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1.When doing a search,I want to get only file names that contains what I'm searching for(excluding folders)
file: or !folder: or !attrib:D doesn't help

file: does not work when regex is enabled.
There is currently no search option to limit the results to files only when regex is enabled.
You could create a file only filter and enabling that filter for use with regex.

2.I also want to search for files only that start with what I'm searching for.

Use abc* to find files and folders starting with abc.
Note: Match whole filename when using wildcards must be enabled for this to work (this option is enabled by default).

With regex disabled:

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file: startwith*

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Hmm,I guess the whole problem was that I was adding \ infront of the file name.
Thanks for the info