Cannot use Boolean Functions when Searching

[Jim_Hill]

I'm searching for all documents pertaining to Windows 10. Unfortunately, I have used both Windows 10 and win10 so need to find both. Listing win10 OR Windows 10 in Name matching returns nothing. Windows 10 AND win10 is no help, either. I also want to not include recycle bin results, so intend to use something like NOT $RECYCLE.BIN*

I'm sure that this question has been asked earlier. Is there a search window that I have missed?
There is a blue "Your topic is similar to" , but the suggestions really do not apply

[Leo]

Assuming we're using Tools > Find Files (and not the Windows Search field, top-right):

• (win10|windows 10)

• Pattern Matching Syntax manual page.

• To exclude a sub-folder below your starting point, use the Advanced tab and one of these methods:

How to filter items by location or sub-folder

Update/Note: Since this guide was written, the ability to filter by Full Path was added. You can now apply wildcards and regexps to each file's full path in one line. This is sometimes easier than separately testing the filename and the parent folde…

[Jim_Hill]

Thanks for your help, Leo. I found all the folders and files I was looking for, but was unable to exclude all files the Recycle Bin folder. Everything is on an external hard drive, D: One of my attempts is shown below:

[Leo]

That may not work as expected. If you mix AND and OR, you need to use brackets (or the equivalent of brackets; not literally brackerts in this case, but that's how it maps back to boolean logic).

You want (X or Y) and Z
but you might get X or (Y and Z).

The sub-clause option in the UI lets you bracket expressions.

BUT, in this case you can avoid that entirely by doing what I suggested and combining both name clauses into a single one which looks for (win10|windows 10), with use wildcards turned on for it.