SOS: spotlight does not work for me

hi there all
If I search for a specific file, and I type in the exact characters of a file name, even located on my desktop, Find File returns me three hundred files with the most arcane names, none of which are remotely close to what I asked to return.
Further, I have tried to select the order that types of files would be returned in the preferences panel, but Find File does not follow this request, giving me every kind of file type first before finally offering me the file type I most want prioritized- and then the file with the exact name i requested is usually at the end of the list they return! Any advice would be appreciated, thanks
Fenton

The order preferences affect the results in the Spotlight (menubar) search.
If you want to search by filename, and not content and metadata, you should use Find (Cmd-F) to change one of the criteria options to Name:Contains and enter your filename on the same line.
Alternatively, in both Find and the menubar and window Spotlight, you can limit the oval search to metadata - thereby ignoring content-based results - by putting your search term in " "s.

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