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| 1421804 | 2016-06-13 22:41:00 | Is anyone using a freeware alternative to the Win7,8,10 search ? Something that DOESNT rely on the indexing service (some of the alternatives required that) I hate the modern Win search, just awefull. I dont want it to search inside files , it doesnt give the results I want, doesnt allways find the files (that are there), just not something I trust How I miss the simplicity of the XP search. Any recommendations ? |
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| 1421805 | 2016-06-13 23:15:00 | have you tried Everything? Blisteringly fast Has it's own indexing built in - takes a little time to index the first time it's run only (30 seconds or so depending on the size of your discs) www.voidtools.com |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1421806 | 2016-06-13 23:21:00 | Someone on here mentioned Everything, when the XP search bombed out on this desktop. Managed to find the XP disk after cleaning up after the quakes: Windows Explorer. W10 don't you just type in the file name where the magnifying glass is on te taskbar?. lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1421807 | 2016-06-13 23:43:00 | I actually rather like windows 10 search and use it a lot, but not from the task bar or start menu. The search I use is the search box at the top right corner of windows explorer, I manually navigate to a directory and then use the search to find a particular file or folder. Necessary because I don't sort my files often enough and the directories I store stuff in are rather cluttered. But I do tend to know the directory to start looking in which makes it a bit easier. I also really like using it for moving multiple files with similar names from one directory to another without having to open multiple sub directories to do it. I just cut and paste files directly from the search results. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1421808 | 2016-06-14 00:00:00 | have you tried Everything? Has it's own indexing built in - takes a little time to index the first time it's run only (30 seconds or so depending on the size of your discs) cheers , but I need a search tool that DOESNT require indexing . For one off searches on external drive, building an index is time wasted. I should have mentioned that. Ultrasearch & fileseek seem to do do want I want, not far from perfect though : a little buggy when deleting multiple files found in a search . For simple filename search, or a one off search ,Windows built in search (via the right hand corner) is terrible. I just want file names , but it will search inside files regardless.. Its only good if you want to search inside docs & want fast indexed searches . It also has issues when the index becomes corrupt or not up to date. |
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| 1421809 | 2016-06-14 00:01:00 | +1 for 'Everything'. Been using it for years. | linw (53) | ||
| 1421810 | 2016-06-14 01:45:00 | To search in file names only using Windows search, type name:<search term>. :) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1421811 | 2016-06-14 02:34:00 | I have Explorer +++ and Explorer 2 Lite. Both better than MSs |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1421812 | 2016-06-14 03:48:00 | Agent Ransack from Mythicsoft | coldot (6847) | ||
| 1421813 | 2016-06-14 03:49:00 | UltraFileSearch Lite is very good on W7. No indexing. Does the job on W10 too, but is strangely slow to load, perhaps eight seconds? | rumpty (2863) | ||
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