Search for specific text in files or folders using Windows search

To find the exact text search string in Windows search you need to use the following:
The asterisks are just used as wild cards as with normal searches

name:~"*my_text*"

This also works for brackets and other special characters that would normally be ignored.

name:~"*(my_text)*"

You can perform the same search function but only for specific folders, not files

kind:folder name:~"*(1)*"
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