Re:Windows 10: New study shows Home edition users are baffle...
by jszymborski on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @02:30PM
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It's super old, but I've been using launchy[0].
I started using it in the WinXP days, stopped during Win7, (never used win8), and Win10 regressed in this department so badly I've returned to using this ancient software...
Re:Windows 10: New study shows Home edition users are baffle...
by slantyyz on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @03:27PM
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> I've somewhat tried using tools like Everything [0] but never given them more than a few tries before uninstalling. Maybe I should do it again.
I've tried a bunch of stuff too, and even bought one (Listary), but from a muscle memory perspective, nothing beats hitting the Windows key with my pinky. I guess I could remap the Windows key, but I think that would have too many negative side effects.
I was on Mac as my daily driver for about a decade (but have no desire to go back), and Spotlight worked great as a launcher.
The search is absolutely terrible. And it's inconsistent. Sometimes I can type "no" and it'll come up with Notepad++ immediately. Other times I have to get all the way to the first + before it finds it. And still other times, it can't find it at all. That goes for all programs too, not just Notepad++.
I've somewhat tried using tools like Everything [0] but never given them more than a few tries before uninstalling. Maybe I should do it again.
[0] https://www.voidtools.com/