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Everything[0] search is a great file search utility on Windows. This is one sure productivity booster. [0] https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com

Everything[0] search is a great file search utility on Windows. This is one sure productivity booster. [0] https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/

RinTohsaka 6y ago
+1 for this. Works soo much better than Window's search.
boxmonster 6y ago
I put this on my father's machine and he thinks it's magic because it finds his files instantly. He still comments on it every once in awhile.
ukyrgf 6y ago
Everytime I use this I expect my coworkers to react with "how did you find that so fast!?" and I can share the magic with them, but they're probably just thinking about what to order for lunch.
ffpip 6y ago
This is the one app that keeps me from switching to linux as my primary OS
- stjohnswarts 6y ago
  can you say what the difference between this and locate/updatedb is? well other than the gui?
  - Barrin92 6y ago
    real time indexing is one pretty big feature.
ayoisaiah 6y ago
One of the tools I kept hearing about while on Linux. Really impressed at how fast it is!
joshschreuder 6y ago
I recommend WizFile [0] as an alternative (same developer of WizTree, which is a far better WinDirStat alternative). [0] https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/ https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/
- shadowfox 6y ago
  Are there features in WizFile that make it better than Everything?
  - joshschreuder 6y ago
    I could be wrong, but I believe it searches the MFT directly rather than having to index files on disk, making it a lot faster. Everything would be faster for network drives because of this though.
    - fomine3 6y ago
      Everything works on the same way.
- binaryman1 6y ago
  I recommend Directory Report as an alternative http://www.file-utilities.com http://www.file-utilities.com
sixothree 6y ago
Between Everything and Astrogrep, I can find what I'm looking for.
rkagerer 6y ago
If you don't want an index built, I use FileLocator Pro as my F3 / CTRL+F handler. Very fast, I think it reads MFT directly or something.

Everything[0] search is a great file search utility on Windows. This is one sure productivity booster. [0] https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/

RinTohsaka 6y ago

+1 for this. Works soo much better than Window's search.

boxmonster 6y ago

I put this on my father's machine and he thinks it's magic because it finds his files instantly. He still comments on it every once in awhile.

ukyrgf 6y ago

Everytime I use this I expect my coworkers to react with "how did you find that so fast!?" and I can share the magic with them, but they're probably just thinking about what to order for lunch.

ffpip 6y ago

This is the one app that keeps me from switching to linux as my primary OS

stjohnswarts 6y ago
can you say what the difference between this and locate/updatedb is? well other than the gui?
- Barrin92 6y ago
  real time indexing is one pretty big feature.

ayoisaiah 6y ago

One of the tools I kept hearing about while on Linux. Really impressed at how fast it is!

joshschreuder 6y ago

I recommend WizFile [0] as an alternative (same developer of WizTree, which is a far better WinDirStat alternative). [0] https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/ https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/

shadowfox 6y ago
Are there features in WizFile that make it better than Everything?
- joshschreuder 6y ago
  I could be wrong, but I believe it searches the MFT directly rather than having to index files on disk, making it a lot faster. Everything would be faster for network drives because of this though.
  - fomine3 6y ago
    Everything works on the same way.
binaryman1 6y ago
I recommend Directory Report as an alternative http://www.file-utilities.com http://www.file-utilities.com

sixothree 6y ago

Between Everything and Astrogrep, I can find what I'm looking for.

rkagerer 6y ago

If you don't want an index built, I use FileLocator Pro as my F3 / CTRL+F handler. Very fast, I think it reads MFT directly or something.