I have found an answer.
Go to the following path and find "stage.js" file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\CRMWeb_static_common\scripts\"
Create a backup copy of this file before any modification, so that you have the original copy too
Open "stage.js" in a text editor such as EmEditor
Find the following line of code:
sFindCriteria=Trim(findCriteria.value.replace(/[\*]+/,"*"));findCriteria.value=sFindCriteria;
Now change it to :
sFindCriteria=Trim(findCriteria.value.replace(/[\*]+/,"*"));if (sFindCriteria != "" && sFindCriteria.substr(0, 1) != "*") sFindCriteria = "*" + sFindCriteria;findCriteria.value=sFindCriteria;
Save the file and try Quick Find to see the change
I am updting this answer today (23rd-Dec-2015
) because i found a better solution i posted here:
CRM 2011 Quick Find Search using default wildcard (*) automatically