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Windows 7 Proper search syntax for exact and only exact match

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You can use the search filters with an equal sign to force the exact match.

So searching for debug returns everything with 'debug' in any searchable meta-data,

searching for Name:debug returns everything with 'debug' in the name,

and searching with Name:=debug returns only the entries that are named exactly 'debug'.