Windows 11: Just say no

Re:Windows 11: Just say no by hbn on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:44PM (#28557310)

Yeah Windows Search is useless. I'd recommend Everything[0]. Though, it's more for general file searching than searching for programs. Can't remember if it learns your habits and pushes them to the top or not. Regardless it's instantaneous and I almost never use the Windows search since I discovered it

https://www.voidtools.com

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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by mmerlin on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:24PM (#28557848)

Thanks "Everything" looks like something I will install and use.

I previously used a manually-triggered disk search indexer called Cathy.exe which works well [1]

For "real time (i.e. without the pre-cached index) live searches of filenames and/or contents by keyword/grep I like "Agent Ransack" [2]

It's one of the few things I always use on every windows machine I login to

[1] https://cathy.en.lo4d.com/windows

[2] https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by aqfamnzc on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:58PM (#28558239)

Everything is pretty much the only thing I miss from Windows. Maybe paint.net too. I haven't found a suitable Linux equivalent for either.

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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by worble on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:34AM (#28563127)

I quite like pinta as a paint.net replacement. Don't think it's as feature complete, but hits that ease of use sweet spot for really quick crops or adding text, etc.

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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by wazzaps on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:00PM (#28558895)

fsearch replaces "Everything" for me

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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by themodelplumber on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:23AM (#28561528)

fsearch is fantastic. Bind it, or various configured states of it, to keystrokes and never look back...

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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by Johnythree on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:31AM (#28564148)

I absolutely love "Anything", use it constantly.

Has saved my neck many, many times.

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