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My 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.
by jjoonathan 5y ago
My 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.
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- 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.