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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
Which freeware Windows file & file content search tool do you use, and why?
Do you recommend a freeware Windows search tool not in this list? o agentransack o astrogrep o auslogics o copernic o docfetcher o everything o exselo o filesearchex o fileseek o googledesktop o grepwin o jetsearch o lansearchpro o launchy o listary o locate32 o lookeen o malich o puggle o quicksearch o registry_finder o searchmyfiles o ultrasearch I ran this survey today as a direct offshoot from this thread... o Ver 2004 Produces Very Slow file searches https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/NuuBCq7G/ver-2004-produces-very-slow-file-searches Given the huge expense of freeware is in finding just the one or two tools that work best, I simply ask for what freeware you use, and why you like it for searches of file names & contents of files on all versions of Windows. here is a Windows command to find files by name but not by contents: o Win+R cmd{control+shift+enter} c:\ dir c:\*.* /s/a/l/on/b date_salonb.txt c:\ dir *.* /s/a/l/on/b | findstr "foo" Or, now with the freeware WSL installed in the later Windows 10 versions: o Win+R wsl locate . | grep -i foo Here's a quick survey of the available freeware Windows search tools. o *The 13 Best Free Search Tools for Windows 10* https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-best-free-search-tools-windows-10/ 1. *Everything* https://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.4.1.969.x64.zip https://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.4.1.969.x64-Setup.exe https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/ https://www.voidtools.com/ 2. *Lookeen* https://free.lookeen.com/httpstest.php?dl https://free.lookeen.com/download.html 3. Listary https://www.listary.com/download/Listary.exe?version=5.00.2843 https://www.listary.com/ 4. *grepWin* grepWin-2.0.1-x64.msi https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin/releases/tag/2.0.1 https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html 5. *AstroGrep* AstroGrep_Setup_v4.4.7.exe https://sourceforge.net/projects/astrogrep/files/latest/download 6. *SearchMyFiles* http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/searchmyfiles-x64.zip http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html#DownloadLinks http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html 7. *Copernic* Desktop Search (It's hard to find the free version where you can give it a bogus email) https://www.copernic.com/downloads/Copernic_Desktop_Search_Trial.zip https://www.copernic.com/en/products/search-solution-comparaison/ https://copernic.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe/confirm-captcha 8. *Exselo* Desktop http://download.exselo.com/products/desktop/win/32/ExseloDesktop.msi https://www.exselo.com/products/download.html 9. *Duplicate & Same Files Searcher* http://malich.ru/download_duplicate_searcher.ashx https://www.downloadcrew.com/article/33143-duplicate__same_files_searcher http://malich.ru/duplicate_searcher.aspx http://malich.ru/duplicate_searcher#download 10. *Registry Finder* https://registry-finder.com/bin/2.44.0.0/RegistryFinderSetup2.44.exe https://www.downloadcrew.com/article/33651-registry_finder 11. *UltraSearch* https://downloads.jam-software.de/ultrasearch/UltraSearch-x64-Setup.exe https://www.jam-software.com/ultrasearch https://customers.jam-software.de/downloadTrial.php?language=EN&article_no=670 https://customers.jam-software.de/downloadTrialProcess.php 12. *FileSearchEX* http://goffconcepts.com/products/filesearchex/files/filesearchex.zip http://goffconcepts.com/products/filesearchex/index.html http://goffconcepts.com/products/filesearchex/download.html 13. *Launchy* http://www.launchy.net/downloads/win/Launchy2.5.exe http://www.launchy.net/ http://www.launchy.net/download.php#windows o *5 Windows 10 Search Tools to Super Charge Your Searches* https://www.maketecheasier.com/windows-10-search-tools-super-charge-searches/ 1. Everything (see above URLs) 2. Listary (see above URLs) 3. Search My Files (see above URLs) 4. Launchy (see above URLs) 5. *Auslogics* Duplicate File Finder http://downloads.auslogics.com/en/duplicate-file-finder/duplicate-file-finder-setup.exe https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/duplicate-file-finder/ https://download.cnet.com/Auslogics-Duplicate-File-Finder/3000-2248_4-10964299.html o *8 Best Free File Search Tools* https://www.lifewire.com/11-free-file-search-tools-1356644 1. *JetSearch* http://downloads.wisecleaner.com/soft/WJSSetup_3.2.3.212.exe https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-jetsearch.html 2. Everything (see above URLs) 3. Auslogics Duplicate File Finder (see above URLs) 4. *Quick Search* https://download.glarysoft.com/qsearchsetup.exe https://www.glarysoft.com/quick-search/ 5. SearchMyFiles (see above URLs) 6. *FileSeek* https://binaryfortressdownloads.com/Download/BFSFiles/103/FileSeekSetup-6.3c.exe https://www.fileseek.ca/Download/ 7. UltraSearch (see above URLs) 8. *LAN Search Pro* (discontinued) https://www.softperfect.com/download/freeware/lansearchpro_setup.exe https://www.softperfect.com/download/freeware/lansearchpro_portable.zip https://www.softperfect.com/download/ https://www.softperfect.com/products/lspro/ o *13 Best Desktop Search Tools for Windows 10* https://thegeekpage.com/13-best-desktop-search-tools-for-windows/ 1. Everything (see above URLs) 2. grepWin (see above URLs) 3. Copernic Desktop Search (see above URLs) 4. *Agent Ransack* https://download.mythicsoft.com/flp/2946/agentransack_2946.exe https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download/ 5. Lookeen (see above URLs) 6. *Google Desktop* http://fs3.softfamous.com/downloads/tname-110575cb0f191/software/GoogleDesktopSetup.exe https://softfamous.com/postdownload-file/google-desktop/5069/1268/ https://softfamous.com/google-desktop/ 7. Listary (see above URLs) 8. AstroGrep (see above URLs) 9. Exselo Desktop (see above URLs) 10. SearchMyFiles (see above URLs) 11. *DocFetcher* (requires Java 1.7 or higher) https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/docfetcher/docfetcher/1.1.22/docfetcher_1.1.22_win32_setup.exe https://cfhcable.dl.sourceforge.net/project/docfetcher/docfetcher/1.1.22/docfetcher-1.1.22-portable.zip http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/download.html http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html 12. *Puggle* Desktop Search https://svwh.dl.sourceforge.net/project/puggle/puggle/0.6/puggle-setup.msi https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/puggle/puggle-portable/0.6/PugglePortableSearch.exe https://sourceforge.net/projects/puggle/files/puggle/0.6/puggle-setup.msi/download https://sourceforge.net/projects/puggle/files/puggle-portable/0.6/PugglePortableSearch.exe/download http://puggle.sourceforge.net/download.html http://puggle.sourceforge.net/ 13. *Locate32* https://locate32.cogit.net/download/locate32_x64-3.1.11.7100.zip https://locate32.cogit.net/ I generally stop searching when there begins to be decent overlap. o Now it's time to pick the best one or two for the stated problem set. Which of the freeware programs above do you use, and why? o Did we miss any good ones that you're aware of? -- The high cost of freeware is in effort finding & testing for the best ones. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On 2020-06-06 6:59 p.m., Arlen Holder wrote:
Which freeware Windows file & file content search tool do you use, and why? I just use a Mac and get Spotlight included. :-) |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works betterthan the native Windows search tools
Alan Baker wrote:
On 2020-06-06 6:59 p.m., Arlen Holder wrote: Which freeware Windows file & file content search tool do you use, and why? I just use a Mac and get Spotlight included. :-) The federated search in Windows 10 works, but whether the default tick boxes are to your liking, is another issue. Once the tick boxes are set, it works. But like warm beer, it's an acquired taste kind of thing. Some want filename only searches, and that's why the ecosystem has choices. If you want specific kinds of searches to be done from the File Explorer search box, you use the search language for that. Using these, adds a measure of precision to what you're doing, instead of getting splattered with irrelevant references. ext:dll filename:fredbloggs That sort of thing. If you use a date: specifier, there is an onscreen calendar so you can set a date range graphically. Knowing these things, is a vertical learning curve. The computer doesn't exactly tell you what to do. And the microsoft.com website advice on search language, well, good luck on finding the current version. I'm just going by old versions when I cough up examples like that. I doubt *any* help page in Windows 10 actually works worth a darn. You're likely to be plopped on some idiotic landing page for your trouble. And they have a long tradition of busting that stuff (help), so this should not come as a surprise or a recent surprise. If you see a link ("more info"), well, you just know a waste of your time awaits. They have 7000 developers and... nobody cared. Paul |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 02:35:24 -0400, Paul wrote:
The federated search in Windows 10 works, but whether the default tick boxes are to your liking, is another issue. Once the tick boxes are set, it works. Hi Paul, Just so you know, in decades on Usenet, there are only two people I've had to plonk (where my vim-telnet-based scripted setup doesn't have an automatic killfile so it's work to put them in my dictionary lookups), because they were _that_ psychopathically scary, and one of them was this Alan Baker you responded to. Like all Usenet trolls, he has zero purposefully helpful intent; but worse, like the Diesel trolls, he has that peculiar combination of Quadrant I Dunning Kruger (i.e., so stupid he's the only one who doesn't realize it), but what makes him dangerous is his psychopathic stalking. He follows me around the Internet where I no longer see his posts unless someone responds, where, since his posts are never intended to be purposefully helpful, the responses also are a waste, even, as yours is, if they're meant to be purposefully helpful. Enough said about this Snit-like psychopathic stalker - now on to the two key questions, one of which is why does the (previously suggested) Agent Ransack fare so poorly in any Internet ranking save for an alphabetical rank? I realize on the other thread about Win10v2004, multiple people, including you, recommended Agent Ransack... o Ver 2004 Produces Very Slow file searches https://narkive.com/NuuBCq7G.2 Paul: "The inverted index is stored in Windows.edb (which you can find with third-party Agent Ransack or with Everything.exe (voidtools) search program." https://narkive.com/NuuBCq7G.3 KenBlake: "I don't know whether I have the problem or not, since I don't use the built-in Windows search. Instead I use Search Everything for searches by file name, and Agent Ransack for searches by file content. They are both free and both much faster and better than what comes with Windows." Notice _both_ of you suggested (purposefully fully): o Agent Ransack o Everything But when I searched, while "Everything" showed up as the top 1 or 2 freeware search on Windows, paradoxically, Agent Ransack didn't even show up on most lists, where on the one review it did show up on, it was about 1/3rd of the way down, which is surprising, given the difference between Agent Ransack reviews and Everything reviews - side by side with helpful user input. https://thegeekpage.com/13-best-desktop-search-tools-for-windows/ "It's an easy to use program that comes with a well-written instruction manual and can be easily used even by the beginners" Given you've used Agent Ransack, and that others recommended it, can you help me understand why it might not have ranked as well as the rest, as that's perplexing to me. That's part of the reason for opening this thread, which is to get user input for Windows freeware search replacements. Also perplexing is what's wrong with the Windows searches where you explained a little to the troll above, where, personally, I don't ever need a Windows search (I know where I put my files as you're well aware) o Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized KISS philosophy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1Gf59YRkaI8 Note that I espouse setting up a system such that you already know where most files are that you actually care about, such that a search is rarely required. Nonetheless, a search can be needed every few months or so, where it's nice to have the best freeware search tool already at your disposal, which is the point of this thread. In summary, my two related on-topic questions you can help answer are... 1. Why didn't the user-recommended Agent Ransack show well in the reviews? 2. Of the two-dozen tools, which one or two do most people use & recommend? -- The high cost of freeware is in effort finding & testing for the best ones. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 19:28:48, Alan Baker
wrote: On 2020-06-06 6:59 p.m., Arlen Holder wrote: Which freeware Windows file & file content search tool do you use, and why? I just use a Mac and get Spotlight included. :-) (Any reason why this was going to XP and 10, but not 7, 'groups?) For just filename searches: Everything. Why? Its speed amazes me; nearly always finds the file before I've finished typing. And I can type two parts of the filename separated by spaces. For content search: Agent Ransack. Why? Well, I rarely _want_ to do a content search, and that seemed to be the most recommended/used here when I was thinking of installing one, and it seems to work well enough (both speed of searching and search facilities) that I don't feel the need to look further, for the little I need of this sort of search. (I don't expect a content search to be fast, by its nature; AR seems fast enough.) Why are you asking - what is your actual _requirement_? (Will it morph?) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf I'd rather trust the guys in the lab coats who aren't demanding that I get up early on Sundays to apologize for being human. -- Captain Splendid (quoted by "The Real Bev" in mozilla.general, 2014-11-16) |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works betterthan the native Windows search tools
On 2020-06-07 12:05 p.m., J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 19:28:48, Alan Baker wrote: On 2020-06-06 6:59 p.m., Arlen Holder wrote: Which freeware Windows file & file content search tool do you use, and why? I just use a Mac and get Spotlight included. :-) (Any reason why this was going to XP and 10, but not 7, 'groups?) For just filename searches: Everything. Why? Its speed amazes me; nearly always finds the file before I've finished typing. And I can type two parts of the filename separated by spaces. For content search: Agent Ransack. Why? Well, I rarely _want_ to do a content search, and that seemed to be the most recommended/used here when I was thinking of installing one, and it seems to work well enough (both speed of searching and search facilities) that I don't feel the need to look further, for the little I need of this sort of search. (I don't expect a content search to be fast, by its nature; AR seems fast enough.) Why are you asking - what is your actual _requirement_? (Will it morph?) And you get both filename searches, content searches and any other metadata searches in Spotlight as fast as you get filename searches. :-) |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 20:05:27 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
(Any reason why this was going to XP and 10, but not 7, 'groups?) Hi J.P. Gilliver, aka John, I'm always thinking _years_ in advance, whenever I post a new thread here. It's best for you to assume nothing I do on Usenet is by happenstance... .. Particularly when I spend hours on the original research for the thread Here's fundamentally my logic on the three newsgroups which were chosen: a. The research pertains to _freeware_ that works on Windows computers b. It pertains to _all_ common Windows' versions though, as you noted c. Yet, I try to limit the Newsgroups list to _3_ based on Usenet etiquette In addition, I do far-reaching forward-thinking things, that almost nobody does, and for which the trolls hate me, which, I understand, but I do these forward-thinking things for a good re-use and general-use purpose .. I strive to make at least one newsgroup in the deja-google archives Notice that knocks out this newsgroup list, since none are deja-googled! .. http://tinyurl.com/alt.comp.os.windows-10 == this archive sucks .. http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-8 == this archive sucks .. http://tinyurl.com/alt.windows7.general == this archive sucks etc. But, luckily, these related newsgroups _are_ well deja-googled: .. http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-freeware == this archive is great! .. http://tinyurl.com/microsoft-public-windowsxp-gen (30-char limit) BTW, I should know, as I'm the one who _created_ these tinyurls. .. I do that so we _all_ benefit from every action that we each take. What the score of well-known *worthless pieces of **** like Ken Blake* hate, are these facts that I post for the permanent Usenet record, and not for the whim of the day... which I don't deny them. In addition, if I'm going to spend a lot of energy on a thread, as I did here, I'm going to make the subject line keyword rich, and I'm going to _not_ post it _just_ to the non-deja-googled newsgroups, as it's essentially a waste (long term) to post anything to the Windows 10 ng alone (sadly so). Of course, there are _other_ "permanent" archives, but they also suck: .. http://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com == sucks .. http://alt.comp.os.windows-8.narkive.com == sucks .. http://alt.windows7.general.narkive.com == sucks .. http://microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.narkive.com == sucks .. http://alt.comp.freeware.narkive.com == sucks etc. For just filename searches: Everything. Why? Its speed amazes me; nearly always finds the file before I've finished typing. And I can type two parts of the filename separated by spaces. Ah! this is GREAT information, as we all know that it's hard to trust so-called "reviews" as many are shills, copies, and, even when they're good, they're often outdated or they don't answer the specific question. Thank you for explaining why you enjoy "Everything" (which is the speed!). Now we get to _why_ "Everything" was on top of everything... .. This cite ranked "Everything" as number 1 of 13, saying: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-best-free-search-tools-windows-10/ "Everything is consistently lauded as one of the fastest search tools for Windows. Using it is as simple as it gets: install it, open the program, and give it a bit to index your entire system. (It can index a fresh Windows install in under a minute.) Once that¢s done, all you have to do is type anything into the text field and you will get instantaneous results as you type. And as long as you allow Everything to sit in the background and monitor system changes, it will always be instantaneous. Best of all, it¢s lightweight and takes up less than 5MB of RAM and 1MB of disk space. This is the absolute best tool to use for old and slow computers." .. This cite ranked "Everything" as number 1 of 5, saying: https://www.maketecheasier.com/windows-10-search-tools-super-charge-searches/ "Its name derives from the fact that it displays every file and folder on your PC - hence, Everything. So what is Everything like to use? *Everything can be installed and used on any Windows machine from XP* to 10. When you first boot it, it goes through your files and folders and indexes them. A fresh install of Windows 10 (about 70,000 files) will take about 1 second to index. 1,000,000 files will take about 1 minute. Once done, you can then use Everything to search all your files and folders. The main boon of Everything over Window¢s own search is that it works instantaneously; the files that match your search are shown the moment you type each letter. This means less time waiting for the search function to trawl through your files and folders and more time getting what you want. It¢s also incredibly light, with an index of one million files taking up only 50MB of RAM & 15MB of Hard Drive space" .. This cite ranked "Everything" as number 2 of 8, saying: https://www.lifewire.com/11-free-file-search-tools-1356644 "Everything is another free file search tool for Windows with a super clean program interface that supports tons of awesome features. You can use Everything to search from the Windows right-click context menu and find files across several NTFS drives at once, both internal and external ones. As you begin searching for files, the results show up instantly there's no need to wait or press Enter. Newly added or modified files are added to Everything in real time, so there's no need to manually re-index the database. According to the Everything website, it takes one second to index around a million files. There's a toggle in Everything's settings you can use to exclude any custom, system, or hidden file and folder from search results to narrow down what you're looking for. Everything also includes an HTTP and FTP server so you can access the files of networked computers that also have the program installed. It would seem the features would stop here, but Everything is even free for commercial use, includes a portable download option, and lets you save searches as bookmarks for easy recall." .. This cite ranked "Everything" as number 1 of 13, saying: https://thegeekpage.com/13-best-desktop-search-tools-for-windows/ "Everything is one of the leading desktop search tools that pulls up files and folders by name, instantly. It comes with a compact installation file making it easy to install. It sports a neat and straightforward user interface. The best part is, it indexes files quickly and even offers quick search. This tool takes up minimal resources to find the files you are looking for. While it helps you share files with others effortlessly, it also offers real-time updates." For content search: Agent Ransack. Why? Well, I rarely _want_ to do a content search, and that seemed to be the most recommended/used here when I was thinking of installing one, and it seems to work well enough (both speed of searching and search facilities) that I don't feel the need to look further, for the little I need of this sort of search. (I don't expect a content search to be fast, by its nature; AR seems fast enough.) Thank you for that, third so far, commendation for "agent ransack", which, as I noted, only showed up once in four separate reviews that had a lot of overlap otherwise. I _trust_ your opinion, and that of Paul, so I'm sure Agent Ransack is a keeper, where, personally, I've downloaded them all but I won't ever have time to test them all (particularly given I don't do searches, in general, since my philosophy is to organize the system for files you care about): .. *Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows* in a well organized KISS philosophy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1Gf59YRkaI8 Why are you asking - what is your actual _requirement_? (Will it morph?) I stated why in the OP, but I'll flesh it out as you're an adult, so it's not like the worthless pieces of **** like Alan Baker asking why I ask. As you're aware by now, my philosophy is to never "need" a search, simply due to the fact I plan years ahead by storing files on all files I care about from Windows XP to Windows 10 in the _same_ location, such that, literally, even my Windows XP cascade Start menu works fine on Windows 10. Each time I set up a new Windows 10, I simply copy over the menu and it just works, out of the box, first time, simply because of that well-planned consistency in storing things I care about in the same location on all systems. This even extends to my neighbor's computer, which, for example, I just set up yesterday, using the _same_ hierarchy that I use on all my systems, and those of my kids, and grandkids, etc. (M$ should have hired me to do their GUI before they screwed it up!). .. Is there freeware extent to convert Win10S to Win10H WITHOUT enabling the Win10S laptop Wi-Fi? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.freeware/MwzjUei-0Oo Where you know I don't bull****, so I can prove, with pictures, what I say: .. https://i.postimg.cc/TwNc0z7H/smode01.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/tCXyVzhB/smode02.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/G2wn3PLJ/smode03.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/T2cvGWZg/smode04.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/jSmGv670/smode05.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/50MDWxgs/smode06.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/WzNKtXQr/smode07.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/cCggQb09/smode08.jpg .. https://i.postimg.cc/2jbPtNjH/smode09.jpg In summary, since you're an adult and since you're generally purposefully helpful, note that almost everything I do on Usenet is forward thinking, where my threads (and/or posts) are _intended_ to be useful years ahead, and hence even their subject lines are intended to be keyword-rich to be found in future search engines. In this case, what happened was people recommended two tools, one of which showed up highly in all the reviews I found, while the other barely made the list - which I found inconsistently interesting enough to run a survey. (Will it morph?) Rest assured, if I find something interesting in this search, such as the huge inconsistency between a WSL and Windows search for *.dll on the same system that Paul piqued my interest upon, then it will morph. But, until/unless it morphs, the purpose is exactly as stated in the OP. .. *The end result of this thread should be 1 or 2 "keeper" search tools!* For that, we _need_ user input, which I appreciate from you & Paul so far. -- Note worthless Apple & Windows trolls follow me around like a dog sniffing the asscrack of something they like, so if you see me responding to the Apple worthless pieces of **** like Alan Baker or the Windows worthless piece of **** Ken Blake (and, likely some worthless pieces of **** from the freeware or WinXP newsgroups), you'll note how differently I respond to those worthless pieces of ****, than to a purposefully helpful adult. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 02:35:24 -0400, Paul wrote:
The federated search in Windows 10 works, but whether the default tick boxes are to your liking, is another issue. Once the tick boxes are set, it works. UPDATE: https://i.postimg.cc/V6k49g23/winsearch01.jpg I just ran a "sudo updatedb" on Windows, so now I get ~75K dlls: .. locate .dll | grep \.dll\$ | wc -l .. REPORTS: 72683 Given I can't recall _ever_ using Windows' search... For a test, I'd like to compare the WSL search to the Windows' search mechanism, which I admit, I don't even know how to use, offhand... (I don't even have Cortana visible, for example). My "finger memory" instinctively knows how to make a WSL search for DLLs .. Win+R wsl sudo updatedb .. $ locate .dll | grep \.dll\$ | wc -l While Linux is essentially intuitive to many of us, how to search on Windows is not in the least intuitive to me, since I almost never do it. Looking up how to run a proper Windows search in the first place... o *How to Search in Windows 10* https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-search-in-windows-10 Nugget 1: "This search feature was once closely tied to Cortana, but the Windows 10 May 2019 Update split the two apart." Nugget 2: "With the Windows 10 November 2019 Update, Windows Search is now integrated into the search function in File Explorer." That article says to "click the Windows search box at the bottom left of your screen", which is where all articles begin to fail, as there is no Windows search box on my system (nor would it be on the bottom left anyway, which is why it's folly, IMHO, for tutorials to assume any one configuration). Nonetheless, moving on, it says by default it shows the "top apps", which, of course, mine doesn't (all that stuff was turned off long ago) so I skip to the section titled "Search in Files Explorer". There I search the system for ".dll" (yes, I know it will catch .dll in the middle of a file name), which runs for a while and then reports: .. Search Results in This PC .dll REPORTS: 215,782 Items (Yes, I know it's not exactly the same search criteria.) .. https://i.postimg.cc/V6k49g23/winsearch01.jpg -- The hard part about a computer is simply finding how best to control it. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| I just use a Mac and get Spotlight included. | | | (Any reason why this was going to XP and 10, but not 7, 'groups?) | It came from Arlen and probably included the Mac group originally. Alan Baker is just an AppleSeed who only posts to yap about Macs. He's not interested in your answer. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Mayayana wrote:
| (Any reason why this was going to XP and 10, but not 7, 'groups?) | It came from Arlen and probably included the Mac group originally. Alan Baker is just an AppleSeed who only posts to yap about Macs. He's not interested in your answer. For the permanent Usenet record, I know Mayayana well... .. He came to us, in this thread, because he infests the Win7 newsgroup. I ignore Mayayana, except that he _loves_ to smell my asscrack .. And then make a comment about it, which is completely unwarranted And completely off topic .. And worthless And yet, that's exactly what Mayayana _always_ does .. I know him well... and I ignore him... unless he attacks my credibility. And then, I defend, as always, with facts. .. Facts which, mind you, are Mayayana's weakness. Mayayana simply makes everything up he claims (as he just did just now). *As always, Mayayana proves, yet again, to be utterly ignorant.* .. He's not a "bad person", nor even a troll... but just ignorant. The _reason_ he's ignorant is something I've studied about him... .. Basically, Mayayana trusts his instinct far more than he trusts facts. I can't count the number of times Mayayana has made erroneous claims... .. Based _purely_ on Mayayana's instinct... sans a single fact. It's like when I told Mayayana, years ago, that not all people who wear ski masks are bank robbers, even as _he_ trusts his instinct that they are. It's like when I told Mayayana years ago that not all jews are out to rip him off, not all blacks are out to mug him, not all germans are nazi's, etc. But Mayayana _insists_ on believing his own intuition more so than facts. .. It's why I've said, for years, Mayayana proves to be ignorant. Like he just did here. .. This is sad, because Mayayana is not stupid like Alan Baker is. Mayayana may actually be intelligent (even as he's almost always wrong). The _reason_ Mayayana is almost always wrong is simply he's immune to facts .. Mayayana proves, time and again, to trust his instinct more than facts. The record clearly shows Mayayana dead wrong, and even the worthless piece of **** Alan Baker can vouch for the fact this was _never_ posted to Mac groups. Why Mayayana is so easily shown to almost always be _dead wrong_ is a history that he simply doesn't like me (and that's fine). Yet, the fact Mayayana doesn't like me is no excuse for his racist behavior, which I've outlined in the past. Basically, unlike me, Mayayana is almost totally intuitive. .. Me? I don't trust my instinct one bit. I trust in facts. .. People like Mayayana simply bull**** like you can't believe. -- Those who trust only in their instinct, like Mayayana, are often wrong. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 at 15:01:44, Arlen Holder
wrote: [] That's part of the reason for opening this thread, which is to get user input for Windows freeware search replacements. [] Yes, but why are you _wanting_ such input: what is your _reason_ for wanting such? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On 2020-06-07 1:46 p.m., Arlen Holder wrote:
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Mayayana wrote: | (Any reason why this was going to XP and 10, but not 7, 'groups?) | It came from Arlen and probably included the Mac group originally. Alan Baker is just an AppleSeed who only posts to yap about Macs. He's not interested in your answer. For the permanent Usenet record, I know Mayayana well... . He came to us, in this thread, because he infests the Win7 newsgroup. I don't know why anyone else came here, but I came because you started cross-posting and mentioning me even after you'd claimed to have killfiled me. That's hypocrisy and cowardice so, very, very you. I ignore Mayayana, except that he _loves_ to smell my asscrack . And then make a comment about it, which is completely unwarranted And completely off topic . And worthless You post about the advantages of Android over the iPhone... ....and do so in a Mac group... ....so you hardly get to complain about "completely off topic", do you? And yet, that's exactly what Mayayana _always_ does . I know him well... and I ignore him... unless he attacks my credibility. One cannot attack what you don't have. And then, I defend, as always, with facts. . Facts which, mind you, are Mayayana's weakness. Like the "fact" that a document that referenced Apple's actual Privacy Policy was supposedly that self-same policy? Someone reply to this so Arlen sees it. :-) |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 22:00:55 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Yes, but why are you _wanting_ such input: what is your _reason_ for wanting such? Hi John, I've been searching for the best freeware for _decades_, John. * It's not at all unusual for me to seek the best freeware for any task. I set up a lot of systems for myself, for my friends, and even for my neighbors on both Android and Windows for the most part (as iOS stinks like you can't possibly believe for re-use of archived installed freeware apps). I have a complete hierarchy of best freeware apps for all categories. .. In fact, I've downloaded all the search apps mentioned in this thread: https://i.postimg.cc/LstX1B7r/winsearch02.jpg Now it's time to _test_ them, where asking here helps create the short list of the top couple of Windows search apps out of the two dozen I downloaded: c:\ dir /b agentransack astrogrep auslogics copernic docfetcher everything exselo filesearchex fileseek googledesktop grepwin jetsearch lansearchpro launchy listary locate32 lookeen malich puggle quicksearch readthis.txt registryfinder searchmyfiles ultrasearch Bear in mind I archive all the best free apps on both Android & Windows: .. What other _useful_ freeware is there to install on my new 64GB Android phone? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/bHUrZSkL6us .. My quick review of offline Android freeware mapping & routing applications https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/AoE0Ox2We58 .. Best free SMS app for Android https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/up2NoEHr9M8 .. Best freeware for portable encrypted file containers https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/cas1QJ_j2uI .. Is there a non Google freeware traffic app https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/Ve_2cgliiGk .. What decent free offline no-login privacy-enabled road map apps exist for Android users to enjoy? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/YadPNimUcu8 .. What freeware graphical Wi-Fi debugging tools do you use on Android & iOS to graph signal strength for available APs over time? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/TBGbpvnqfLY .. What free non-root Android backup & restore solution do you recommend for general use? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/jZ8IxxgXFys .. Which free contact optimizer duplicate removal contacts merger app do you like best & why? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/YheUv3Cl5aM .. Which free Android KeePass kdbx-compatible password database manager do you recommend? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/yUrCZ2v0tmg .. What free Android app do you use to obtain moving graphs of fast charge current & voltage over time? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/xL6NxDnkzS4 .. Do you have a working freeware automatic sync between Android & Windows? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/7aOWwoEwsZ0 .. Which freeware image watermarking app do you use on Android? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/uqs_IWdKB2Q .. If not the default, what free Android keyboard are you using & why do you like it? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/CmZAI0OsXDs etc. As such, I always strive to archive the best freeware on common platforms .. I do that for Android; I do it for Windows, and I do it for iOS. This, for example, is, in some ways, the same question, only for Android: .. Freeware to list all apps to editable text file of URLs, automatic backup of all versions, & restore https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/vKeIRGMVMu8 *I'm _always_ seeking the best freeware for common tasks.* I consider myself as knowledgeable in freeware... .. So much, that I almost never (in decades) needed to purchase software. In this case, the history of this best freeware quest was simply: 1. Someone asked on the Win10 ng about Win10v2004 search improvements; 2. More than one person suggested two third-party freeware search tools; 3. This quest started as I researched those two third-party search tools. Multiple things piqued my interest when I researched those 2 search tools: a. The freeware was said to be better than the Windows native search tools. b. My search revealed one of the suggested tools is universally acclaimed. c. Yet, the second suggested tool was almost never even listed. -- This quest is no different than, oh, scores, hundreds, maybe thousands of other similar best-freeware quests (if I mention an actual number, the worthless piece of **** trolls like Cybe(r) Wizard will be all over me to "prove it", even as they never add any value themselves). |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works betterthan the native Windows search tools
windows explorer is a liar.
Of course other programs work better. at least if you went back to 3.1, and took the windows explorer from there, and put it in the windows 7, you would be able to see the true directory. But even to see what is there, u have to undo the hide and seek switches, or you will not see the system files, or any of the other files that are hid. But never, will you get a proper directory from anything of Microsoft. So, I would advice a good file viewer, that does not work off of explorer. On 6/7/2020 1:32 PM, Mayayana scribbled: "J. P. Gilliver wrote |I just use a Mac and get Spotlight included. | | | (Any reason why this was going to XP and 10, but not 7, 'groups?) | It came from Arlen and probably included the Mac group originally. Alan Baker is just an AppleSeed who only posts to yap about Macs. He's not interested in your answer. |
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Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 22:14:28 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
As such, I always strive to archive the best freeware on common platforms . I do that for Android; I do it for Windows, and I do it for iOS. Ooooops. Remove iOS. The point is simply for both the Windows & Android freeware use model: 1. It's highly efficient to not only _know_ what the best freeware apps are 2. But it's even more efficient to archive them for easy re-installation. It turns out that archiving freeware for re-use on almost any other system works great for both Android & Windows, but it's essentially impossible for iOS (where for Linux, the mechanism is completely different in most cases). The good news is that for Android & Windows, it's fantastic to both: a. Know what freeware is the best of the best for any given task, and, b. To have it already archived for efficient installation on any system! I pretty much have the best freeware listed for all things I do on both .. Android, and Windows For example, I have over 750 Android "best freeware" APKs archived, which I re-use all the time on other phones (I've re-installed the best freeware on Android, oh, about a phone a month or so, on average, from these 750 archived freeware APKs). https://i.postimg.cc/jSzvk2Fy/winsearch03.jpg I'm still organizing them though, where this screenshot gives you an idea of how well organized my Windows and Android file systems are, all of which is the best freeware I can find... with your help! https://postimg.cc/delete/DNd9fJJr/66c57c9 The point is simply for both the Windows & Android freeware use model: 1. It's highly efficient to not only _know_ what the best freeware apps are 2. But it's even more efficient to archive them for easy re-installation. -- In summary, for both Android & for Windows, with your help, I have determined the _best_ possible set of freeware to do all common tasks, such that I have never needed to purchase software on Android, and only rarely (e.g., M$ office & Turbotax) have I needed to purchase software on Windows. |
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