On 4 Jan 2006 23:38:11 -0800, dingdongdingding@yahoo.com wrote:

>I need to locate a file in explorer.
>
>I have the name of the file (or the starting first few characters). I
>am already in the correct directory. I want to move the highlight
>(cursor) to that file.
>
>eg I want to highlight the file:
>
>e:\ abc \ def \ ghi \ klm \ 1234523123.txt
>
>and in the directory e:\ abc \ def \ ghi \ klm \ there are many many
>files and many starts with 123.
>
>So I've navigate to e:\ abc \ def \ ghi \ klm \ already. Is there a
>way for me to quickly locate 1234523123.txt and know whether it exist
>or not ?
>
>Thanks.

Sort of...
if you press the '1' key, the highlight will go to the first file that starts with a '1'.
That's it.

From a search window, searching for '123*.txt" will get you every '.txt' file that starts with
'123'. The more you know about the filename, the shorter the list will be.