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I'd really like to know why Microsoft can't do something like this in Windows itself. Everything is very useful.
by jazoom 9y ago
I'd really like to know why Microsoft can't do something like this in Windows itself. Everything is very useful.
- jonas21 9y agoIsn't that what they tried to do with WinFS? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS
- jazoom 9y agoI don't know their reasons for WinFS, but I do know that Everything's authors figured out a long time ago how to get great search with Windows' current FS.
- sixothree 9y agoMy guess is that MS needs an excuse to index the contents of your files.
- chinhodado 9y agoEverything does not index the content of your files, only the name and some attributes. Also MS already index file contents by default, it just sucks at it. There have been several occasions where I use the find file by name syntax and Windows can't even find the file in the current folder.
- sixothree 9y agoThis is exactly my point. The key to finding files is to use name:*mylostfile*.txt But Everything excels at this so pretend you never saw it.