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I've been using search for everything since Windows 7. Just have to remember the first 3-5 letters, or a word, and I could open any programs and folders/files.

by jotm 7y ago

I've been using search for everything since Windows 7. Just have to remember the first 3-5 letters, or a word, and I could open any programs and folders/files. The windows key was my desktop, the actual desktop is blank and black. Windows 10 has a messed up search, it shows useless (for me) stuff first, and never learns to prioritize results based on previous searches/keywords/accessed files. Maybe there's a way to fix that, that would be great.

mnkypete 7y ago
Have you tried Ueli? Has been working great for me: https://ueli.oliverschwendener.ch/ https://ueli.oliverschwendener.ch/
- jotm 7y ago
  Looks good, I'll try it, thank you!
- anotheryou 7y ago
  Wox and keyperinha are 2 more alternatives (wox with more plugins but less maintained). Both integrate "everything" for filesearch (it's a pity they don't use the 100 times faster WizFile)
  - Semaphor 7y ago
    I use keypiranha as well. Great tool! > it's a pity they don't use the 100 times faster WizFile 100 times faster? Everything is instant for me, never had any kind of delay. What things are slow enough with it that something else could be faster?
    - anotheryou 7y ago
      Indexing. Everything traverses your folders to find everything and make an index from that, WizFile reads this from some hard drive tables directly. So the first indexing with everything takes maybe 30 minutes or more (I actually have no Idea how long it took exactly..) and wizfile is done in under a minute. With slower drives (e.g. external USB2) the difference should be even more dramatic. The only downside appart from missing integrations is that it doesn't support full regex.
      - Semaphor 7y ago
        Ah, okay, that makes sense. Thanks. That means for me everything is the better tool (I sometimes use regex and I never need to index usb drives)
      - drewkett 7y ago
        I don’t think that’s true. Everything takes ~20 seconds to index my machine. I think Everything reads NTFS file table directly. Maybe you didn’t give it Admin privileges?
        anotheryou 7y ago
        Ooops, I think you are right! Here is where I mixed up things: WizTree does what WinDirStat does, but here it's really quicker.
      - jaclaz 7y ago
        JFYI, SwiftSearch has Regex functons and it is (on NTFS of course) as fast as a search tool can be: https://sourceforge.net/projects/swiftsearch/?source=dlp https://sourceforge.net/projects/swiftsearch/?source=dlp
llampx 7y ago
I use Listary exactly for that. However I do keep the Windows key for programs, it seems to work well enough albeit not as fluid as Windows 7.
- jokowueu 7y ago
  Exactly whatI've been trying to look for
tasogare 7y ago
I always feel like MS broke the search menu on Win10 on purpose. They begrudgingly get back the start menu but kill most of its advantages and productivity to punish users.

by jotm 7y ago

mnkypete 7y ago

Have you tried Ueli? Has been working great for me: https://ueli.oliverschwendener.ch/ https://ueli.oliverschwendener.ch/

jotm 7y ago
Looks good, I'll try it, thank you!
anotheryou 7y ago
Wox and keyperinha are 2 more alternatives (wox with more plugins but less maintained). Both integrate "everything" for filesearch (it's a pity they don't use the 100 times faster WizFile)
- Semaphor 7y ago
  I use keypiranha as well. Great tool! > it's a pity they don't use the 100 times faster WizFile 100 times faster? Everything is instant for me, never had any kind of delay. What things are slow enough with it that something else could be faster?
  - anotheryou 7y ago
    Indexing. Everything traverses your folders to find everything and make an index from that, WizFile reads this from some hard drive tables directly. So the first indexing with everything takes maybe 30 minutes or more (I actually have no Idea how long it took exactly..) and wizfile is done in under a minute. With slower drives (e.g. external USB2) the difference should be even more dramatic. The only downside appart from missing integrations is that it doesn't support full regex.
    - Semaphor 7y ago
      Ah, okay, that makes sense. Thanks. That means for me everything is the better tool (I sometimes use regex and I never need to index usb drives)
    - drewkett 7y ago
      I don’t think that’s true. Everything takes ~20 seconds to index my machine. I think Everything reads NTFS file table directly. Maybe you didn’t give it Admin privileges?
      - anotheryou 7y ago
        Ooops, I think you are right! Here is where I mixed up things: WizTree does what WinDirStat does, but here it's really quicker.
    - jaclaz 7y ago
      JFYI, SwiftSearch has Regex functons and it is (on NTFS of course) as fast as a search tool can be: https://sourceforge.net/projects/swiftsearch/?source=dlp https://sourceforge.net/projects/swiftsearch/?source=dlp

llampx 7y ago

I use Listary exactly for that. However I do keep the Windows key for programs, it seems to work well enough albeit not as fluid as Windows 7.

jokowueu 7y ago
Exactly whatI've been trying to look for

tasogare 7y ago

I always feel like MS broke the search menu on Win10 on purpose. They begrudgingly get back the start menu but kill most of its advantages and productivity to punish users.