ctrl-comma, ctrl-comma, CTRL-COMMA!<p>It does all the searching you want for filenames and symbols, substring searches, matching, you name it. It&#x27;s fantastic, and they should highlight it way, way more.<p>As for your file finding problem, I don&#x27;t know why you didn&#x27;t start typing in the search field on top of the solution explorer. It filters everything in the solution explorer, and also does substring matching.