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If anyone from Microsoft happens to be reading this thread, please read the above comment, then re-read it. It's a spot-on description of the problems and solut
by SturgeonsLaw 7y ago
If anyone from Microsoft happens to be reading this thread, please read the above comment, then re-read it. It's a spot-on description of the problems and solutions for Windows search.
Edit: and just to expand on a point the commenter made, the results would be more valuable if it prioritised in an order like this:
1) Something the user has pinned
2) Something the user has launched a bunch of times
3) The shortcut leads to an .exe that's likely to be the main program file
4) Anything else
- BubRoss 7y agoAbsolutely - the file system also has attributes like atime - the last accessed time of a file. It isn't as granular on windows, but a search could still prioritize files by when they were last read.
- thebruce87m 7y ago5. Never anything on the web
- steverb 7y agoThere's a registry setting to turn that off thank God. I LIKE Windows 10, but that particular "feature" is a no go for me.
- joshuaissac 7y agoIt would be useful for the user to be linked to a vetted and official store app if the name matches and the user does not have it installed already. Although there are privacy considerations about sending search terms to the Internet, so a list of store apps could be cached on the local machine instead.
- kdazzle 7y agoThis. Even MS salespeople never try to slip in “windows search barring” in place of “googling”.
- mrec 7y agoBasically agree but would quibble with your 1. If I've pinned an application (as I do for anything I use regularly) surely it's because I want to launch it quickly via the taskbar rather than having to go via search. If I'm in search it's because I'm looking for something else.
- willis936 7y agoTrue for you, but not everyone. I find tapping the windows key, typing a few letters, then tapping enter, is much faster and comfortable than touching the mouse.
- ndiscussion 7y agoTry holding windows key and pressing the number that corresponds with the order of the pinned item.
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