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Even though I barely touch windows these days, when I do, I invariably use "everything" (http://www.voidtools.com/ http://www.voidtools.com/) to find where ever
by aktau 13y ago
Even though I barely touch windows these days, when I do, I invariably use "everything" (http://www.voidtools.com/ http://www.voidtools.com/) to find where everything is. So fast, so minimalistic. It's like locate on crack (because it shows you stuff as you type and it automatically updatedb's).
- sz4kerto 13y agoWindows 8.1 built-in search kind of makes this redundant.
- gabrielrdz 13y agono way windows search will ever replace Everything. Windows search is slow and it will not find whatever document you want 90% of the time.
- sz4kerto 13y agoWell, it's very-very fast in 8.1. I don't know why it does not find the document you want - it works quite well for me, YMMV obviously.
- maxerickson 13y agoHave you used Everything? It is instant file name search. I guess recent Windows could have improved file name searching, but it has classically been pretty bad.
- nightski 13y agoActually not really if you set up an index on C:\ it is quite fast, which is basically the main difference. But there is not one by default so you need to add it.
- alan_cx 13y ago"will not find whatever document you want 90% of the time" Absolute rubbish.
- recursive 13y agoApparently different people have different experiences. For me, it doesn't work about two thirds of the time.
- bberrry 13y agoI agree, this is the one little app I find indispensable.
- k3n 13y agoDo you know how it compares to the old Google Desktop search? I miss that...
- RachelF 13y agoEverything rocks, and it is being developed again, with some new features, Yay!
- AlexDanger 13y agoAnother upvote for Everything. The first thing I install. I could never understand why MS didnt just purchase Everything and embed it within Windows. I've not tried win 8.1 search, but Everything is far faster/lighter/better than WinXP+7+8 search. My only feature request for Everything is the ability to search inside Outlook msgs and Office docs.