On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 22:58:24 -0600, "Bill in Co"
surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote:

Nil wrote:
On 16 Mar 2019, "Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

For me it's a general issue with indexing. The indexes may or may
not be up to date, for example, after adding or modifying or
removing some files, but without indexing, what you see is what
you get, and there is no waiting for an index to rebuilt each
time.

I've used Everything for many years on many computers and what you
describe has NEVER EVER been a problem or issue. The index is always
updated instantly, even on the slowest of computers. The closest I've
ever seen this be to a question is when I've attached removable drives
and Everything has added its contents to its index, and those files are
still listed after you disconnect the drive. You can rebuild the index,
which takes less than a minute, or better yet, just tell it to not
bother to index removable drives.

OK. I read that happens so quickly since it simply uses the NTFS change
journal information.

I also have indexing turned off on my system too. That's one of
the first things I did when I get a new computer, but in this case
it may also be due tothe potential for hogging some system
resources, on occasion.

Window's built-in search indexing is, indeed slow. Everything's
indexing is immediate and virtually undetectable. Likewise, it's search
is instantaneous.

Well, who knows, maybe I'll give it a try. Or even look at some others.
But for me, so far Agent Ransack and FileLocator Pro have been fine (despite
the longer wait). And of course, they both work on NTFS and FAT32 volumes.

As I understand it, Everything can't search FAT32 volumes

It can. It can also search networked drives.

(or maybe it can, but just without any indexing).

With indexing. It's just done by scanning rather than watching the USN
Journal (since FAT32 doesn't have a USN Journal).

You can configure Everything to rescan your FAT32 drive(s) at intervals
ranging from 1 minute to once a week. I have mine set to re-index every
night at 3AM. If I happen to be using the computer at that time, I don't
notice the indexing (I've watched for it.) It simply blends in with the
regular activity.

I'm guessing not, however, and that's it's
pretty much designed for NTFS volumes. (I did read that it at least allowed
you to index a specified FAT folder, but that's about it). But if you can't
use it on FAT32 volumes, that's a significant limitation, at least for me.

No such limitation.

Also, a simple search on file mod dates (between date xx and date xy, simply
checked off via checkboxes like in Agent Ransack), would be nice. But I
haven't looked further into it.

I've never needed it, but it looks like it has some date stuff. Here's a
c/p from About, Help.

Date Syntax:
year
month/year or year/month depending on locale settings
day/month/year, month/day/year or year/month/day depending on
locale settings
YYYY[-MM[-DD[Thh[:mm[:ss[.sss]]]]]]
YYYYMM[DD[Thh[mm[ss[.sss]]]]]

Date Constants:
today
yesterday
tomorrow
last|past|prev|current|this|coming|nextyear|mon th|week

last|past|prev|coming|nextxyears|months|weeks |days|hours|minutes|mins|seconds|secs

january|february|march|april|may|june|july|august| september|october|november|december
jan|feb|mar|apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov|dec
sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|sa turday
sun|mon|tue|wed|thu|fri|sat
unknown

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Char Jackson