I typically use ninite to install this, and my favourite thing is when it says "Downloading Everything" followed by "Installing Everything". I always get a kick out of that!
Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you set `no_db=1` in `Everything.ini` you can configure it to be memory-only: https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9994#:~:text...
I think re-indexing all my drives every time it runs is even worse.
I think you could uncheck “Indexes” → “NTFS” (or ReFS, or FAT, or whatever else) → “Monitor changes” to disable that and leave yourself to press the “Force Rebuild” button at whatever cadence you like.
Or, in `Everything.ini` terms:
allow_force_rebuild=1
home_update_indexes=1 -- ‘use the monitor_pause and monitor_stop states’
monitor_stop=1
home_update_indexed_properties=1 -- ‘use the indexed_property_pause state’
indexed_property_pause=1
read_directory_changes=0
db_auto_save_type=1 -- (From daily to interval mode)
db_auto_save_interval=
Re: Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly
#53When I use Windows, Everything is one of the first tools I install. I also disable Windows search and indexing.
I use this with Keypirinha [1], which is a launcher (kinda like Quicksilver [2] on Mac) that integrates with Everything using the Everything package. [3]
This combo makes finding files as well as launching programs (or doing quick calculations or currency conversions) a breeze!
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#54Everything is fantastic, I wish I could find a Linux alternative with a similar GUI and filter/search bar syntax.
This might be harder to do on linux because filesytems are different. If I'm not mistaken, NTFS has big tables that can be directly read without iterating through the filesystem tree. I don't think this is true of most popular linux filesystems.
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#55So powerful, I unitentionally slide into using it sometimes as a file manager.
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#56This tool is legitimately one of the best utilities I've ever used. I've got my entire corporate branch using it. It's a shame Microsoft can't figure their shit out and get a high quality native search figured out.
shame Microsoft won't figure their shit out and get a high quality native search figured out.
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#57This tool is legitimately one of the best utilities I've ever used. I've got my entire corporate branch using it. It's a shame Microsoft can't figure their shit out and get a high quality native search figured out.
Just pray they don't buy and kill it the way they did Lookout (which was an instant search plugin for Outlook).
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#58I use Listary, which seems to do something similar. Is there a good reason to switch?
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Everything about this feels like what Microsoft should have done. It’s absolutely amazing to me that search is so broken in Windows and yet a free third-party tool can instantly find any file anywhere.
One hypothetical I wonder about is what the windows ecosystem would be like if third parties could make distributions of windows, if somehow that could be licensed and enough windows building/packaging was opened up. It'd be interesting to see whether collaborations of projects would form where they pull out MS parts and substitute their own, presumably with the constraint that they maintain compatibility. I imagine…
Windows file search has been useless as far back as I can remember. Especially file indexing and the load it puts on the CPU. I usually just disable file indexing on a new windows install.
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#60Do you think future devs on this tool can use a new fast method to find content within files?
If you select Search > Advanced from the menu, you get a window where you can enter the content to search for. This is available in the normal as well as the alpha version.