Open Windows Explorer and perform a search

Question

If we want to open Windows Explorer and select a file, we can use the command

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/select," + @"c:\Folder\file.txt");

Is there a way to open Windows Explorer programmatically and show the results of a search? For example, as a user I can open Windows Explorer and fill in "*.txt" into search area to list all text files.

Answer 1

I got it working. It was in fact very simple. Assume I am searching for files with filename containing the term "mat" in folder "C:\temp1". The explorer window has the title "CustomSearch". It works in Windows 10.

string searchLink = "search-ms:displayname=CustomSearch&crumb=filename%3A*mat%20&crumb=location:C%3A%5Ctemp1";
Process.Start(searchLink);