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I want to know information about this file But seems like the search engine is trying to find the words "remove", "intranet" and "trust" separately,despite the fact that the whole word is enclosed in double quotes.

term used: "remove_intranet_trust.msi"


any idea?
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Quotes just bind phrase words together. To consider _ part of a word add a "word definition" under all walk settings to do that. Perhaps something like
[\alnum\x80-\xff_]{1,70}
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but what about my clients that are searching? I dont think this is typical, just a rarity that this guy wants. I DONT want each word between _ , just that term wherever it occurs.
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By default it's effectively only searching for "remove".
Add the expression I suggested to get remove_intranet_trust treated as one word. Or turn on "allow post processing" under search settings to let it search for the remainder in pages that have "remove".
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Hi Mark,

why cant I just say, when I have things in quotes "search for this whole phrase intact" the way other se's do?

Pete
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The reason is that some search terms require significant extra processing to resolve, and could potentially slow a site down, or be used for denial of service. By default that processing is disable to protect websites, however the allow post processing option Mark mentioned will allow that processing to happen.
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