diff -ur mc-4.8.12.orig/src/filemanager/find.c mc-4.8.12/src/filemanager/find.c
--- mc-4.8.12.orig/src/filemanager/find.c	2014-04-01 10:54:01.000000000 +0000
+++ mc-4.8.12/src/filemanager/find.c	2014-07-07 19:49:44.402848680 +0000
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
     loaded = TRUE;
 
     options.file_case_sens =
-        mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "file_case_sens", TRUE);
+        mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "file_case_sens", FALSE);
     options.file_pattern =
         mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "file_shell_pattern", TRUE);
     options.find_recurs = mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "file_find_recurs", TRUE);
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
         mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "file_all_charsets", FALSE);
     options.content_use = mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "content_use", TRUE);
     options.content_case_sens =
-        mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "content_case_sens", TRUE);
+        mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "content_case_sens", FALSE);
     options.content_regexp =
         mc_config_get_bool (mc_main_config, "FindFile", "content_regexp", FALSE);
     options.content_first_hit =