Unified searching and running of files

A computer-storage device storing computer-executable instructions for performing steps, the steps comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device, a text string;
• generating a plurality of files having a name beginning with the text string,
• determining which of the plurality of files are advanced files, wherein a file is an advanced file if the file has one of a plurality of designated file extensions;
• displaying representations of files in the plurality of files while simultaneously suppressing display of representations of the advanced files within the plurality of files unless the text string exactly matches an entire name, including extension, of an advanced file, thereby preventing the display of the representations of the advanced files unless the text string exactly matches the name of the advanced file;
• receiving a modification to the textual input forming a modified input;
• determining that the modified input fully matches the advanced file because the modified input is a full file name of the advanced file;
• and
• displaying a representation of the advanced file.

A computer-storage device storing computer-executable instructions for performing steps, the steps comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device, a text string in a search input interface, wherein the text string is a beginning of a file path;
• determining that the text string represents at least a portion of the file path;
• displaying representations of a plurality of files in the file path while simultaneously suppressing display of representations of advanced files within the plurality of files unless the text string exactly matches an complete file path, wherein an advanced file has one of a plurality of designated file extensions;
• receiving a modification to the textual input forming a modified input;
• determining that the modified input fully matches the advanced file because the modified input is a complete file path for the advanced file;
• and
• displaying a representation of the advanced file.