Operators:

    space    AND

    |    OR

    !    NOT

    < >    Grouping

    " "    Search for an exact phrase.

Wildcards:

    *    Matches zero or more characters.

    ?    Matches one character.

    *.*    Same as *

Macros:

    quot:    Literal double quote (")

    apos:    Literal apostrophe (')

    amp:    Literal ampersand (&)

    lt:    Literal less than (<)

    gt:    Literal greater than (>)

    #x:    Literal unicode character x code.

Modifiers:

    ascii:    Enable fast ASCII case comparisons.

    case:    Match case.

    diacritics:    Match diacritical marks.

    file:    Match files only.

    folder:    Match folders only.

    noascii:    Disable fast ASCII case comparisons.

    nocase:    Do not match case.

    nodiacritics:    Do not match diacritical marks.

    nofileonly:    Do not allow files only.

    nofolderonly:    Do not allow folders only.

    nopath:    Do not match path.

    noregex:    Disable regex.

    nowfn:    Do not match the whole filename.

    nowholefilename:    Do not match the whole filename.

    nowholeword:    Do not match whole words only.

    nowildcards:    Disable wildcards.

    noww:    Do not match whole words only.

    path:    Match path and file name.

    regex:    Enable regex.

    utf8:    Disable fast ASCII case comparisons.

    wfn:    Match the whole filename.

    wholefilename:    Match the whole filename.

    wholeword:    Match whole words only.

    wildcards:    Enable wildcards.

    ww:    Match whole words only.

Functions:

    attrib:<attributes>    Search for files and folders with the specified file attributes.

    attributes:<attributes>    Search for files and folders with the specified file attributes.

    child:<filename>    Search for folders that contain a child with a matching filename.

    dateaccessed:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date accessed.

    datecreated:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date created.

    datemodified:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date modified.

    daterun:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date run.

    da:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date accessed.

    dc:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date created.

    dm:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date modified.

    dr:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified date run.

    dupe:    Search for duplicated filenames.

    empty:    Search for empty folders.

    ext:<list>    Search for files with a matching extension in the specified semi-colon delimited extension list.

    fsi:<index>    Search for files and folders in the specified zero based internal file system index.

    len:<length>    Search for files and folders that match the specified filename length.

    parents:<count>    Search for files and folders with the specified number of parent folders.

    rc:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified recently changed date.

    recentchange:<date>    Search for files and folders with the specified recently changed date.

    root:    Search for files and folders with no parent folders.

    runcount:<count>    Search for files and folders with the specified run count.

    size:<size>    Search for files with the specified size in bytes.

    type:<type>    Search for files and folders with the specified type.

Function Syntax:

    function:value    Equal to value.

    function:<=value    Less than or equal to value.

    function:<value    Less than value.

    function:=value    Equal to value.

    function:>value    Greater than value.

    function:>=value    Greater than or equal to value.

    function:start..end    Is in the range of values from start to end.

    function:start-end    Is in the range of values from start to end.

Size Syntax:

    size[kb|mb|gb]

Size Constants:

    empty

    tiny     KB < size <=  KB

    small     KB < size <=  KB

    medium     KB < size <=  MB

    large     MB < size <=  MB

    huge     MB < size <=  MB

    gigantic    size >  MB

    unknown

Date Syntax:

    year

    month/year or year/month depending on locale settings

    day/month/year, month/day/year or year/month/day depending on locale settings

Date Constants:

    today

    yesterday

    tomorrow

    <last|past|prev|current|this|coming|next><year|month|week>

    <last|past|prev|coming|next><x><years|months|weeks|hours|minutes|mins|seconds|secs>

    january|february|march|april|may|june|july|august|september|october|november|december

    jan|feb|mar|apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov|dec

    sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday

    sun|mon|tue|wed|thu|fri|sat

    unknown

Attribute Constants:

    A    Archive

    C    Compressed

    D    Directory

    E    Encrypted

    H    Hidden

    I    Not content indexed

    L    Reparse point

    N    Normal

    O    Offline

    P    Sparse file

    R    Read only

    S    System

    T    Temporary

    V    Device