Everything by Voidtools - Have you tried it?

[OutOfBounds]

Had to uninstall a program on my windows-7 laptop with Revo Uninstaller Pro. And it is a well-recommended program with people it still leaves stuff behind. So I did some hunting about and come across this little beauty called Everything.

I find it does a good job at finding some left over files.


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Everything

"Everything" is a filename search engine for Windows.

How is Everything different from other search engines

• Small installation file.
• Clean and simple user interface.
• Quick file indexing.
• Quick searching.
• Quick startup.
• Minimal resource usage.
• Small database on disk.
• Real-time updating.

 

[broughie]

Completely agree I use Revo free with advanced option to clear registry items, but always use Everything after to find any leftover files. Vgood program far better than windows search.

 

[sudo -i]

Not sure what it is about the search algorithm of this program -- I'm assuming it builds the database once when the program launches and continues referring to the same database until something is changed and then increments the database updates -- but it is extremely fast compared to Windows Search -- which indexes your searches. I've replaced the Cortana/Search bar on my taskbar with Everything as my "default" search.

 

[shmu26]

everything is perfect for finding files, but cannot search for text inside a file.
but windows search with indexing does that, so if you need to look for words or phrases inside a doc, leave your indexing on.

 

[tim one]

"Everything" is a very good software that I use from time.
Just a bit of caution by deleting the leftovers of the uninstalled apps, trying to avoid accidental errors.

 

[Myriad]

I've used Everything for years .... one of my all-time favorite apps !

everything is perfect for finding files, but cannot search for text inside a file

That is correct , and on the occasions I need to search for text in a file I use Agent Ransack

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Hello,I have never heard of everything(Also using Revo Pro)but i will definitely check it out now, thanks fellow users.

 

[AtlBo]

TreeSizeFree has the similar run-time qualities of Everything. Its different than Everything but can be every bit as useful for searching out areas to clean on a PC, especially finding large files that can be removed.

Keeping these apps in a portable form works well. One way to keep them is to download the PortableApps app and then add the ones that are there and others that aren't just place them in the PortableApps folder. For important ones drop a shortcut on the desktop etc.

One thing about the PortableApps application. Installing it to a drive will change the icon of the drive . This cannot be easily undone, and I haven't found a way yet, although it's probably the registry. After adding it once, I didn't install it on other PCs. I just move the folder around with no installation. Doesn't change the icon that way. On the very plus side, the PortableApps app is great about updating the portables that are added from the app store. +1 for this.

 

[shmu26]

That is correct , and on the occasions I need to search for text in a file I use Agent Ransack

do you disable windows indexing?