Search for file names containing (0-9) in windows

To find all file names containing (1). or (2). you can search for:

name:(~"*(1).*") OR name:(~"*(2).*")

Also, (from comments) you can more simply match a single character between parenthesis with:

name:(~"*(?).*")

This will work in your case if you are sure that you only have numbers between the ().


What about using a batch file to find all files with (x) and build a revisable Kill-List from the results?

  • The following batch will exactly do this
  • the search starts in the folder defined with the variable Base
  • the results are stored in a file on the desktop including a random number.
  • the results file is opened with notepad.exe to remove possible errants.
  • finally you are asked if you want to execute the deletes.
@Echo off&SetLocal

Set "Base=%USERPROFILE%"
Set "Report=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Kill-List_%Random%.cmd"

( For /f "delims=" %%F in (
   'dir /B/S "%Base%\*(?).*"^|findstr "([0-9])\.[^\.]*$" '
  ) Do Echo Del "%%F"
) > "%Report%"
Start "" Notepad.exe "%Report%"
Set "DoDel="
Set /P "DoDel=Do you want to execute the revised Kill-List ? [y/n]: "
If /i "%DoDel%" Equ "y" "%Report%"

Sample results file:

Del "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\UserScanProfiles\SCANPROFILE (2).XML"
Del "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\settings (2).ini"
Del "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\mytest.csv (2).LNK"
Del "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Neu (2).lnk"
Del "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Programm_Links\VLC media player (2).lnk"
Del "C:\Users\UserName\OneDrive\Bilder\Screenshots\2016-09-15 (1).png"
Del "C:\Users\UserName\OneDrive\Bilder\Screenshots\2016-09-15 (2).png"
Del "C:\Users\UserName\Pictures\Screenshots\Screenshot (1).png"

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