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Yeah... sometimes it doesn't find anything. Anyways, this has pitched me towards app "Everything" I occasionally check whether after all these years MS has fi

by jve 4mo ago

Yeah... sometimes it doesn't find anything. Anyways, this has pitched me towards app "Everything" I occasionally check whether after all these years MS has fixed the search... no, no surprise there. I get that it depends on indexing service which may be buggy, etc... but I guess it is possible to prioritize/have alternate index for most important stuff like executables. This bugs me the most: there is a program, but I cannot find it. I must know to navigate my way within start menu or program files (for stuff like debugging/perf tools from Microsoft) And given lots of comments there are on HN about Windows search, why no MS guy here silently sitting has escalated this "sentiment" to the correct ears? Oh please.

Gathering6678 4mo ago
Everything is an absolute gem. I literally cannot survive on the work computer without it. At home on Linux, this is one of things (probably the only one even) I really missed from Windows.
- pndy 4mo ago
  Have you seen FSearch? https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch It's quite similar to Everything. Btw, there's also fooyin which you may say is "modeled" after foobar2000 https://github.com/fooyin/fooyin https://github.com/fooyin/fooyin - another piece I miss from Windows.
  - Gathering6678 4mo ago
    Ah yes, FSearch is what I'm using right now. Although, correct me if I'm wrong, it relied on a search database and is slower? I remember reading somewhere that Everything is so quick because of NTFS - not sure about the technical details, though.
ConceptJunkie 4mo ago
Given that Windows search has been this broken for decades, do you think Microsoft is going to start caring _now_?! Next thing you'll be asking to make OneDrive even remotely predictable in its behavior (other than the predictability of "never doing what I expect or want").

by jve 4mo ago

Gathering6678 4mo ago

Everything is an absolute gem. I literally cannot survive on the work computer without it. At home on Linux, this is one of things (probably the only one even) I really missed from Windows.

pndy 4mo ago
Have you seen FSearch? https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch It's quite similar to Everything. Btw, there's also fooyin which you may say is "modeled" after foobar2000 https://github.com/fooyin/fooyin https://github.com/fooyin/fooyin - another piece I miss from Windows.
- Gathering6678 4mo ago
  Ah yes, FSearch is what I'm using right now. Although, correct me if I'm wrong, it relied on a search database and is slower? I remember reading somewhere that Everything is so quick because of NTFS - not sure about the technical details, though.

ConceptJunkie 4mo ago

Given that Windows search has been this broken for decades, do you think Microsoft is going to start caring _now_?! Next thing you'll be asking to make OneDrive even remotely predictable in its behavior (other than the predictability of "never doing what I expect or want").