5 ms·
I was trying to check Disk Partitions on Windows 10, so typed this into the search. It gave me a website with some freeware tool. I had to search around again
by heurisko 5y ago
I was trying to check Disk Partitions on Windows 10, so typed this into the search.
It gave me a website with some freeware tool. I had to search around again until I found the actual system tool. I don't know what a regular user would have done.
I'm not really a Windows user.
- jjoonathan 5y agoMy favorite is when I see the result I want flash by and then I accidentally type the next character -- correctly -- due to momentum, and the result disappears. Then I delete the last character in an attempt to bring back the result, and then I try retyping the whole thing, but the correct result never reappears. It is gone. Only useless web results remain.
- syntheticnature 5y agoThis! It's infuriating. I also find that at first it pulls up File Explorer when I type "exp", but in a flash it switches to Edge. Just wanted a file management window, please.
- 369548684892826 5y agoIn case you're not aware: Windows Key + E for a file management window.
- syntheticnature 5y agoI live in other OSes most of the time, so thank you for this.
- deeplowdock 5y agoWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search] "BingSearchEnabled"=dword:00000000 "CortanaConsent"=dword:00000000 ^ put this into a .reg file, run it, and never see those bullshit web search results again. Have been doing this first thing after a fresh install on every PC.
- dleslie 5y agoYou need carriage returns.
- mikevm 5y agoWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Search] "ConnectedSearchUseWebOverMeteredConnections"=dword:00000000 "AllowCortana"=dword:00000000 "DisableWebSearch"=dword:00000001 "ConnectedSearchUseWeb"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search] "CortanaConsent"=dword:00000000 "BingSearchEnabled"=dword:00000000 "AllowSearchToUseLocation"=dword:00000000
- gregmac 5y agoMuch simpler is to just paste to a terminal: REG ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search /v BingSearchEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f REG ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search /v CortanaConsent /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
- hbn 5y agoYeah Windows Search is useless. I'd recommend Everything[0]. Though, it's more for general file searching than searching for programs. Can't remember if it learns your habits and pushes them to the top or not. Regardless it's instantaneous and I almost never use the Windows search since I discovered it https://www.voidtools.com https://www.voidtools.com
- aqfamnzc 5y agoEverything is pretty much the only thing I miss from Windows. Maybe paint.net too. I haven't found a suitable Linux equivalent for either.
- wazzaps 5y agofsearch replaces "Everything" for me
- themodelplumber 5y agofsearch is fantastic. Bind it, or various configured states of it, to keystrokes and never look back...
- worble 5y agoI quite like pinta as a paint.net replacement. Don't think it's as feature complete, but hits that ease of use sweet spot for really quick crops or adding text, etc.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- mmerlin 5y agoThanks "Everything" looks like something I will install and use. I previously used a manually-triggered disk search indexer called Cathy.exe which works well [1] For "real time (i.e. without the pre-cached index) live searches of filenames and/or contents by keyword/grep I like "Agent Ransack" [2] It's one of the few things I always use on every windows machine I login to [1] https://cathy.en.lo4d.com/windows https://cathy.en.lo4d.com/windows [2] https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
- oynqr 5y agoUnrelated, but that last part of your comment tingled my Litany Against Fear sense. At least I know with which mindset I should encounter Windows 11 now.
- kodeninja 5y agoThis happens on Spotlight as well.
- da_chicken 5y agoA regular user would have said, "What's a disk partition?"
- watermelon0 5y agoI've needed it enough time that I won't ever forget "diskmgmt.msc" command, and AFAIK it works since Windows XP. I'm not really sure what's so problematic with searching settings, but other platforms I use (macOS, iOS) are not really much better in this regard.
- genewitch 5y agommc.exe and you can snap-in diskmgmt, and it will save that in the menu for next time. Since diskmgmt is mmc with that snap in already snapped in.
- Someone1234 5y agoDisk Management is also in the Power User Menu, just right click the Start Menu orb or Win+X.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoIt's diskmgmt.msc, you can just run it the unix way.
- dylan604 5y agoBy editing a text file?
- 0-_-0 5y agoUse a terminal, or just Win+R
- dylan604 5y agoJust because it's CLI doesn't make it *nix. The 'everything is a text file' is the 'nix.
- 0-_-0 5y agoYou don't run something by editing a text file
- dylan604 5y agocron would like to have a word with you as would init.d
- 0-_-0 5y agoSo you use cron whenever you want to launch an executable? This "UNIX way" seems terribly convoluted.
- dylan604 5y agoSo you use cron whenever you want to launch an executable on a scheduled basis. Edit: Arguing that running executables via CLI is what makes things *nix is just missing the point. In case your unfamiliar with the 'everything is a file concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_is_a_file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_is_a_file
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoIt is still available by right-clicking on the start button. This will almost certainly go away in 11, because MS hates us.
- tssva 5y agoIt is currently available via right click on the start button in Windows 11.