search for text clipboard win explorer

[eduo]

Hi,

I use this command which works great:
$F8::Run, explore B:\
So Win explorer opens with location b: drive.
Now I have a text "flower" copied to the clipboard and wish to search b drive for that text with file explorer.

Suppose text is "flower" this text is copied to the clipboard before hiiting F8.
I wish to press F8 and then file explorer should open, search needs to be pasted from clipboard and I shouls see the results of that search immediately.
Is that possible? Anyone knows how to do that please?
So hit F8 and see the results of "flower" in drive B:...

Thank you...

[Smile_]

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$F8::
    Run, explore B:\
    Sleep, 500
    Send, ^f
    Send, ^v
Return

[eduo]

Hello,

Thank you for helping me with this question.
I have copied the text, when I paste it in a text file it works.
When I press F8 it starts file explorer and it goes to the search box.
However it shows "" in it?
I already adjusted the waiting time to 1500 that is a bit better before it would not go to the search box...

Any idea why it will not inserrt the text in the searchbox?

Greetings

[Smile_]

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$F8::
    Run, explore B:\
    Sleep, 500
    Send, ^f
    Sleep, 500
    Send, ^v
Return

Try this

[eduo]

Well it works as in start Win explorer, then go to search box, then insert the text so thats great.
It doesn't start searching though...
How to activate the start search?

[The Lich Omoi]

send the enter key ( send, {enter} )

Sorry for the Necromancy but I am trying to put together a script that does the following and this was close to what I was looking for.

"Take the highlighted text, and copy & delete it, then search my C drive for it"

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^!{BS}::
{
Send, ^c
Sleep 250
Send, {BackSpace}
Run, explore C:\
Sleep, 500
Send, ^f
Sleep, 500
Send, %Clipboard%
send, {enter}
Return
}