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I would like to be able to search for files by specifying part of the complete path of that file.

Reason is, I have several files "init.pp" in different sub-directories and I want to get the one that is inside a specific directory like this: "unknown_path\directory_I_know_already\init.pp".

I would then enter "directory_I_know_already\init.pp" into the "File name:" textbox.
I cannot put it into the "Folders" textbox because of the "unknown_path" component.

It is already implemented long time ago. You can make such searches in current FC XE version
In "File name:" just type:
init.pp;\*directory_I_know_already

See Wildcard Search: (there is a hint in search dialog)
; multiple item divider
-*.txt exclude all *.txt files
--*.* include files with '-' at the beginning
\*docs include *docs folders
-\*temp exclude *temp folders
Only one type is possible (include or exclude)

It works fine for me.

No, this doesn't work as you are searching for every "init.pp" in every directory plus the directory "directory_I_know_already" itself.
As a result, you get all the 100+ files named "init.pp" that are in the directories parallel to "directory_I_know_already".

try to remove "*" from Timon example, like this: "init.pp;\directory_I_know_already"

yes, this indeed does work.
though, it's really not very intuitive compared to "directory_I_know_already\init.pp", so it would still be good if this was possible.

Simply change the order to: "\directory_I_know_already;init.pp"
It would be more intuitive.