In message , Apd writes:
"R.Wieser" wrote:
Apd,
If you precede it by a backslash ("\" is often used as an escape char)
it works

Bummer, it doesn't on XP(sp3). :-\

Indeed, I've just tried it.

By the way, it throws the same complaint when using "!" or "#" as the first
char ...

It's as if it detects an advanced query syntax and tries to hand it
to the indexing service. However, while "@" and "#" are mentioned as
special chars in the service, so are some others and they work fine in
a normal search. Perhaps it's a bug.


I know you like to use OS-included facilities, but I have just tried in
"Everything" typing an @, and it's happy with it (told me I have 1,618
objects with an @ in their name). 473 with #. Oddly, ! _does_ seem to
mean something unexpected.

I think versions of Everything that work under XP are still available -
and I think there is a portable version, if you want to use it on
customers' machines.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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