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I gave up on Windows Search long ago. These days, I disable Windows Search indexing entirely, and use the Void Tools software called "Everything" - it needs a n
by Multicomp 9y ago
I gave up on Windows Search long ago. These days, I disable Windows Search indexing entirely, and use the Void Tools software called "Everything" - it needs a new name so you can use it as a verb (I Everythinged for the file sounds wrong), but other than that, it is a near-flawless, INSTANT search.
Once, I was searching and searching for a particular file, couldn't find it anywhere. Was starting to wonder if I had deleted it or lost it...so I went looking and found HN users referring to this Everything thing.
I installed it, checked the box for "run Everything now" on the finish wizard, the window loaded, I typed the name, and poof, there the file was, 27 (or whatever, way more than 5) directories deep. My jaw hit the floor, and the rest is history.
- slantyyz 9y agoYeah, I get it. The first thing I disable on any Windows machine is the "search the web" part of search. I never ever want a web search when I'm using the Windows search box. That default behavior drove me nuts. The only thing I really use it for is launching apps (via the Windows key), in the way I used to use a hot key + spotlight on Mac.
- mistermann 9y agoThat Microsoft does not use this functionality in their search, at least in a useful way, to me implies malice rather than incompetence. There's simply no way you can be that incompetent at UI design.