Bad Habit!
Apr 6, 2022 11:06:00 #
rlv567 wrote:
I have the very bad habit of sometimes moving files from the desktop to some new location - which I promptly forget...
There are lots of apps that search for files -- as long as you remember the file name.
The problem is not remembering where you put it, the problem is what you named it. (At least that's MY problem).
Apr 6, 2022 12:20:03 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
There are lots of apps that search for files -- as long as you remember the file name.
The problem is not remembering where you put it, the problem is what you named it. (At least that's MY problem).
The problem is not remembering where you put it, the problem is what you named it. (At least that's MY problem).
That too!!!
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Apr 6, 2022 12:31:05 #
TriX wrote:
How fast Windows is depends on how many drives, what type and how many folders/files you have. Personally,I have found the current Windows search function very limited in what it finds, whereas Everything literally finds everything associated with what you search for. But if you’re satisfied with Windows search, God bless and carry on.
Windows search is nowhere as good as MasterSeeker and Everything, which are exactly the same in both speed and number of results. My search currently looks at 455,000 plus items - and is instantaneous for both! By the time I have finished typing in the item to be searched for, all the results are there! The only obvious problem is that there frequently are too many results; I tried putting the search term in parens, hoping that would limit the number of results to the exact item, but that didn't work - I'd be happy to learn some way which would.
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Apr 6, 2022 16:06:32 #
Apr 7, 2022 00:41:55 #
rlv567 wrote:
I find it hard to believe there's anything faster than instantaneous!
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
That happens when you find a file before you start looking for it.
Apr 7, 2022 04:48:38 #
carlberg wrote:
That happens when you find a file before you start looking for it.
You're absolutely correct! - psychic software! What are you using, and where can I find it???
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Apr 7, 2022 09:26:13 #
rlv567 wrote:
You're absolutely correct! - psychic software! What are you using, and where can I find it???
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
My Crystal Blue Cue Ball keeps giving me "TRY AGAIN" in that little triangular window.
Apr 7, 2022 10:14:24 #
Apr 8, 2022 11:04:46 #
Apr 8, 2022 14:40:17 #
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
As stated below windows file manager will do the same thing. You can search by date a range of dates file name with wildcards in case you can't remember the complete name file size and last time file was viewed. You might Google a tutorial for using it to the best advantage
The problem with the search in Windows Explorer is that it is freakishly slow. I have on occasion wanted to find some file on my disk. Started a search using File Explorer, then while it ws running, switch over to a browser, opened Bing, searched for it there, found a web page with the same file, and downloaded it, before the first search finished. --- one search technology from Microsoft was able to find the file on the entire internet before a different search technology from Microsoft was able to find it on my PC.
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