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Now if they can make the Search work inside directories like it was until Windows XP. They somehow broke it in Vista and never fixed it until now.
by sn_master 3y ago
Now if they can make the Search work inside directories like it was until Windows XP. They somehow broke it in Vista and never fixed it until now.
- jve 3y agoHow many years and counting and MS still can't make search work? So much comments about how search is screwed up. For me I can't stand it sometimes doesn't find that I know there is. Or sometimes I don't really know that something is or is not there because I can't trust the search. And sometimes it just wont search. Or does it really slowly
- twelvedogs 3y agoIt's really silly how much better Fast tiny 3rd party programs like everything search so much faster than windows search
- qalmakka 3y agoI personally gave up on GUI file searching a long ago, it's one thing that sucks everywhere IMHO. I'll take CLI tools like locate or `fd` any day, they are IMHO quicker to use even on Windows.
- kk_cz 3y agoJust use Everything (https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/), so much better than Windows Search.
- layer8 3y agoThe latest version supports searching file contents now, though it's slow because the contents isn't indexed.
- mock-possum 3y agomy favorite FOSS goto for searching contents in Windows is AstroGrep - https://astrogrep.sourceforge.net https://astrogrep.sourceforge.net
- layer8 3y agoIt doesn’t seem to index either, though? I normally use Notepad++’s Find in Files feature, which covers most cases, and also supports replacing.