Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows • Hacker News Board

Not sure what made this suddenly appear here after so many years, but I LOVE this tool, and now that I'm on MacOS, I REALLY wish there was an equivalent. It's mystifying to me why this isn't a built-in OS feature.

Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows

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Post by qualsiasi » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 7:48 AM UTC

I discovered this tool last week and suddenly fell in love with it. Is it possible to bind it to a hotkey like spotlight?

However if it where to fuzzy match like sublime’s super+p I would love it even more.

Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows

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Post by batiudrami » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 8:00 AM UTC

qualsiasi wrote: post #6

I discovered this tool last week and suddenly fell in love with it. Is it possible to bind it to a hotkey like spotlight? However if it where to fuzzy match like sublime’s super+p I would love it even more.

Tools > Options > Keyboard > New Window Hotkey is what you're looking for :)

Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows

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Post by nikbackm » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 8:11 AM UTC

It's great, but it does not search file contents and metadata like e.g. mp3 tags so cannot fully replace the builtin Windows search.

Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows

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Post by jobigoud » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 8:16 AM UTC

nikbackm wrote: post #8

It's great, but it does not search file contents and metadata like e.g. mp3 tags so cannot fully replace the builtin Windows search.

For file content search I use Astrogrep. Been using it for many years and very happy with it.

Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows

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Post by alex_hitchins » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 8:19 AM UTC

This is a fantastic tool, been using it for years and years now. For file contents search I use AgentRansack.