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If you've never used the HTTP server, you're doing yourself a disservice. It creates a locally hosted web page that you can use to share with everyone on the network a fast file search client. Highly recommended! Throw in an nginx reverse proxy for https support and you are off to the races.
It's funny: I cannot install Everything on my work computer, despite the fact that my productivity would easily be 3000% higher with it.
Not sure what your limitations are, but it is possible to run everything in portable mode. You just won't have the background service to maintain the index.
It's funny: I cannot install Everything on my work computer, despite the fact that my productivity would easily be 3000% higher with it.
Not sure what your limitations are, but it is possible to run everything in portable mode. You just won't have the background service to maintain the index.
Microsoft should buy them out and add bing to get a bang for the buck. Building functional software as a ex tortion tool for intentionally dysfunctional ecosystems. 2024..
Microsoft sells Windows as secure/securable OS: filesystem permissions must be enforced (of course, FS ACLs are a huge part of the reason why Windows’ files-on-disk UX isn’t the best).
Yes, Microsoft could still buy it and then redistribute it as a power-toy strictly for single-user computers, but why would they do that? There’s no secret-sauce in Everything.exe - a summer intern could recreate it in a couple of weeks. Oh, and don’t forget the support costs from people who didn’t read the README and installed it on a multiuser machine and can now see the very non-Elizabethan-era file names inside innocent little Timmy’s My Documents\Homework\English\Shakespeare\ directory.
I also use Launchy specifically for launching programs. Same instant results, though not live-indexed.
Which makes me question every single time I use the Windows default search box: How? How is one of the most fundamental features of the biggest software platform in history, made by one of the biggest companies in history, after decades, still not even close to as good as multiple basic indie replacements?
To me, when I think about how hopelessly bad popular software is (or becomes), this is the representative little example that comes to mind.
Microsoft should buy them out and add bing to get a bang for the buck. Building functional software as a ex tortion tool for intentionally dysfunctional ecosystems. 2024..
When I was at Microsoft I already knew the answer but asked around - just to be sure - and the reason is…. *drumroll* …It bypasses NTFS ACLs (because it works by indexing the raw MFT) Microsoft sells Windows as secure/securable OS: filesystem permissions must be enforced (of course, FS ACLs are a huge part of the reason why Windows’ files-on-disk UX isn’t the best). Yes, Microsoft could still buy it and then redistri…
Is there a macOS app that works like this? Alfred has this functionality, but sometimes it fails to find files.
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Not sure what your limitations are, but it is possible to run everything in portable mode. You just won't have the background service to maintain the index.
How does it maintain the index then? Isn't using the Windows indexing service the reason it works so fast?
I don't think the windows indexing service is utilized at all.
Is there a macOS app that works like this? Alfred has this functionality, but sometimes it fails to find files.