I've used Find and Run Robot (FARR)[0] for years on Windows and can thoroughly recommend it due to its speed and suggestions based on use frequency.
[0] http://www.donationcoder.com/software/mouser/popular-apps/fa...
Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
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Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#42This, along with xplorer2, are among two most used programs on my Windows computer. Really quick in general, including thumbnail generation for pdf/images/etc and monitoring folders/files in realtime.
custom keyboard shortcuts:
CTRL+SHIFT+E - open everything
CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+q - filter pdf -> ext:pdf
CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+e - filter excel -> ext:xlsx;xlsm;xlsb;xltx;xltm;xlt;xls;xlam;xla;xlw
CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+d - filter all documents -> ext:xps;pdf;msg;docx;doc;pptx;ppt;xlsx;xlsm;csv;xlsb;xls;
documents or downloads folders -> path:documents|path:downloads
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#43I switched away from this to Wizfile [0] and I really recommend it. That plus Wiztree [1] as a replacement for Windirstat have made me a real fan of the devs. [0] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizfile-... [1] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-...
Their WizKey program looks like it might solve one of my biggest Windows frustrations after switching from the Mac. If it can reproduce the Mac's way of typing accented characters (eg Cmd-U followed by o to type ö) then I'll be buying it shortly.
https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizkey-m...
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#44It is fast, even inside node_modules folder!
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#45I switched away from this to Wizfile [0] and I really recommend it. That plus Wiztree [1] as a replacement for Windirstat have made me a real fan of the devs. [0] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizfile-... [1] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-...
Care to write about why you prefer Wizfile over Everything? Between Wiztree and Windirstat it's obvious as Windirstat is extremely slow.
I don't want to put Everything down because I still think it's a good app but anecdotally I have seen Everything using constant % CPU (I assume it was indexing search, and it wasn't a huge amount but still). This is across a few PCs I've put it on.
I believe Wizfile doesn't have an index as it does everything via the MFT so I don't even need to keep it running in the background at all times unless I want to quickly call up search. YMMV.
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#46I switched away from this to Wizfile [0] and I really recommend it. That plus Wiztree [1] as a replacement for Windirstat have made me a real fan of the devs. [0] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizfile-... [1] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-...
Does this support network locations? Mapping to a drive to make it work in everything works for some things but in general everything is pretty bad at non-physical and non-local drives. Edit: Doesn't seem like it. The drive that I can add as a folder in Everything doesn't show up at all in WizFile
I'm not 100% sure as I don't search network locations, but from what I can see you can add Network-ed computers via Options -> Select Drives -> Add Folder.
I only have my own machine right now to test but searching seemed like it might work?
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#47I switched away from this to Wizfile [0] and I really recommend it. That plus Wiztree [1] as a replacement for Windirstat have made me a real fan of the devs. [0] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizfile-... [1] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-...
Their WizKey program looks like it might solve one of my biggest Windows frustrations after switching from the Mac. If it can reproduce the Mac's way of typing accented characters (eg Cmd-U followed by o to type ö) then I'll be buying it shortly. https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizkey-m...
have you tried https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#48Pretty good tool. Have been using this for many years.
+ Supports REGEX search.
+ Enable HTTP server and then expose the port using ngrok and you can search your system from anywhere.
+ Supports Hotkey (Ctrl+E is what I use)
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#49Pretty good tool. Have been using this for many years. + Supports REGEX search. + Enable HTTP server and then expose the port using ngrok and you can search your system from anywhere. + Supports Hotkey (Ctrl+E is what I use)
I typically use `[Win] + [S]`, which feels more natural to me. Easy way is to disable default Cortana search bound to `Win+S` by a registry hack [1] or just use AutoHotkey [2].
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows
#50I switched away from this to Wizfile [0] and I really recommend it. That plus Wiztree [1] as a replacement for Windirstat have made me a real fan of the devs. [0] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizfile-... [1] https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-...
No UNC support, looks like.