Make Windows 7 search function search file names only

Hello,
Is there a way to search for a file name (like in previous versions of Widows) rather than searching for anything containing that word? For example,
I want to search a for files with the word 'Pension' in the title, but intead I receive thousands of results for files called containing the word pension as well as those with 'pension' in the title.
Thanks!

On 6/11/2013 5:31 PM, Kamin of Ressik wrote:
Yeah, I know. It works for some and not for others. It depends on cryptic settings that waste more time than it takes to find the files manually. I have run searches for simple file names...nothing complicated, with indexing on and off.
I let it run overnight until it was fully complete. It left out 33 results, including what I was looking for. With Agent Ransack, all of the results were found...including what I was looking for in less than a minute. Google Windows 7 search
problems sometime and you will find pages and pages of people with problems trying to tweak it left and right hoping it would work. In the end, it is simply not worth the time when much more efficient and free alternatives are available.
What do you want me to say? If you don't know how to use the solution, then you just don't know. I can't make it any simpler for you as to where the problem is at, and you need not cry about it.
I think a 5 year old with an open mind that is sharp minded can easily figure out how to use the Search, once he or she was shown how to use it. :)

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