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Posted by Garland Coulson
Aug 29, 2013 at 02:49 AM
I want to thank this group for the suggestion of Everything.exe as a file search program for my desktop computer. It has really made finding my files on my hard drive a breeze.
Posted by jimspoon
Aug 29, 2013 at 04:09 PM
I use it all the time. Development was at a standstill for years but recently I was surprised to see that the author had started updating it again. current beta version is 1.3.3.658b.
Posted by Dr Andus
Aug 29, 2013 at 08:13 PM
I do like Everything but I find myself using it less frequently these days, only when I’m looking for some very obscure system file in the bowels of my machine.
It could be that the nature of my work has changed, but it also could be that having become a Dopus user I end up remembering where my files are better. Also, I link to all important files from my Freeplane dashboard and from ConnectedText, so those may also help.
I also use Direct Folders for quick access to recently used folders, and on top of that I have Listary Pro, which pulls up files as I type their names in dialog boxes.
I also have Copernic, which I do use for searching specific folders for specific types of files and for quicky browsing through the results (to look inside the files). If I still can’t find a file, then I turn to Everything.
Posted by xtabber
Sep 1, 2013 at 11:23 PM
I’ve tried and abandoned a number of file search programs over the years. The only two that I still use are dtSearch and FileLocator Pro.
I use dtSearch for research in a large collection of mostly pdf documents, but for everything else, FileLocator Pro is my search program of choice. FLP doesn’t index anything, so It is slower than index-based programs, but it is fast enough for my needs, even with large numbers of files (10,000+) and much more flexible than anything else I have seen, which makes it ideal for ad hoc searches. It also has a portable version and can search inside epub books, which are features that seem to be rare among search programs.
Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 20, 2013 at 09:53 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
>I also use Direct Folders for quick access to recently used folders, and
>on top of that I have Listary Pro, which pulls up files as I type their
>names in dialog boxes.
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