rajeesh Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Windows comes with a built in Desktop search function which can search any file, folder, drive or the whole computer. Windows also includes an indexing utility which will index all the files stored in the computer so that it can return faster results when searches are conducted. The bad thing is, Windows search is pretty slow at times, sometimes even causing the whole operating system to pause for a while. So what are your alternatives Read the full article at source: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipo Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 great thread! been using everything for a long time and has no flaws at all. great program! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princenarwal Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 i am using an old piece of software, Ava Find.but that never let me down.just add it to start up processes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintas Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I use Everything for a long time, excelent program. Appart from being (apparentely) abandonware, it still works prefectly and i don't have anything bad to say about it. It just works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrito Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I've been using Agent Ransack, which is a free version of File Locator Pro. It's very fast and has all the features I need except one; exclusions. Sometimes it takes more than a minute to search the disk, it gets a little stuck on the folder "winsxs". There's thousands of files there... But that's on the first run, after that it takes 4 to 6 seconds to search! Another fast program is Super Finder XT, also with no exclusions... And another one I like is Quick Search from Glarysoft. It searches in the same way as Everything and it works very well! By the way what version of Everything you guys use? Final or alpha? I want to give it a test run, and hopping to have no crashes. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintas Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I'm using the Alpha version of Everything. But you won't find it much different, it's basically the same, and solid as usual.I tested every search software just today (thanks to you guys) and decided to keep everything :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhouse Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I use everything.....perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomjester Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I need one that can exclude local drives and be able to search wired network drives/shares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wirya Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I'm using the good old Agent Ransack 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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