Comments on: Everything Is A Rather Unusual Desktop Search Tool

By: Ultra Search, Fast Windows File Finder

Ultra Search, Fast Windows File Finder — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:58:37 +0000

[...] is criticized by some users for its speed and resource usage.Third part desktop search tools like Everything and Puggle offer speed advantages and a lower resource usage, which makes them attractive for many [...]

By: Desktop Search Software Agent Ransack | GadgetHubs

Desktop Search Software Agent Ransack | GadgetHubs — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:55:20 +0000

[...] have reviewed our fair share of desktop search tools in the past from Everything and Index Your Files to the desktop search tool Puggle and Doc [...]

By: Desktop Search Software Agent Ransack

Desktop Search Software Agent Ransack — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:54:28 +0000

[...] and functionality.We have reviewed our fair share of desktop search tools in the past from Everything and Index Your Files to the desktop search tool Puggle and Doc Fetcher.Agent Ransack is another [...]

By: LongTimeEverthingUser

LongTimeEverthingUser — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:58:32 +0000

Just want to let folks know that Everything CAN slow down a system given how absolutely huge hard drives have become. And it will slow down your system when you are not conducting any search at all (ie- when it is indexing). So you might seriously consider using the option to exclude some file types, at least.

Btw, I do have an older system, but it’s a damn stable workstation and it still meets my needs (Tyan MPX board w/ two physical 1.2GHZ Athlon MP processors, 2GB error-correcting Corsair RAM, and 2 physical ATA HDDs — each w/ 500GB. Yes, today’s PCs are faster to be sure, but I think this should be fast enough not to be bogged down by an indexing app — esp w/ two CPUs.)

Just thought of another suggestion: limiting Everything indexing to use of one particular CPU. I think Microsoft provided a CPU affinity application some time ago that should work for this, though perhaps it can be done another way too. And it might be possible to do this w/ multiple-core processors, now found in all new PCs on the market.

By: brianpals

brianpals — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:17:19 +0000

Sorry about the spelling mistake in the last line of the last post. :-(

By: brianpals

brianpals — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:14:52 +0000

Hey, I want to say Thanks to you Everything fans. I’ve just downloaded it 24 hours after Google Desktop and it finished its indexing within a few minutes. Google is still indexing at 26% complete.
Yes, I know that Google Desktop will give me the contents of files, photo thumbnails and gadgets but I don’t really need them.
As a keyboard fan Everything finds everything I want. It even has its own programable shortcut to bring it up… something that InSight Desktop Search can’t do.
I now have a system that allows me to launch Everything to my system tray using Launchy and then I use Ctrl, Alt, Shift & E to bring up Everything to fine exactly what I want. Who needs a filing system? :-0

By: Windows File Search Index Your Files

Windows File Search Index Your Files — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:42:26 +0000

[...] file search application.The search is not as fast as that of other Windows file search tools like Everything but the additional options might make the program interesting for users who prefer the features [...]

By: idodialog

idodialog — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:23:49 +0000

MK: My bad. Everything installs so easy. Then you can leave it alone.

Martin: Thanx, no I haven’t and frankly I probably never will. Sorry I was double wrong. I’m just rather enamored with Everything and I don’t often need to Search within a file – I do like to find a file quickly – so quickly it can even double as a launcher.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:11:50 +0000

idodialog: Have you seen the File Containing Text option in the Advanced tab of Locate32? Check it out..

By: MK

MK — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:10:08 +0000

correction idodialog, Everything is the one that is easier to install, compared to Locate.

anyway, looks like naming a software after a verb is the in thing right now. they are pretty confusing when you put them on a post title, though.

By: idodialog

idodialog — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:24 +0000

Locate does not look inside files (content). Compared to Everything, Locate is way slow and uses heaps of resources whenever it indexes. Everything, on the other hand is completely un-noticeable (and I have a fairly old system) and will find a file that only just installed onto my machine – immediately. Further – compared to Everything, Locate (which I have used for a long time) is simple and needs pretty well no setup or administration. It is far and away the most friendly and effective search engine I have ever used.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:44:59 +0000

RG I’m pretty sure that it does because I remember an option that you could tick to search in files as well.

By: RG

RG — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:29:47 +0000

Martin, Locate32 doesn’t index contents unless I am totally out of it which is possible hehe

By: MK

MK — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:00:04 +0000

@Martin: oh thanks for the info. dang, i have to use both apps then.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:59:43 +0000

Is it able to search metadata?

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:51:12 +0000

MK Locate32 indexes the contents of the files as well and makes them available for search. That’s why Everything is faster in indexing.

By: MK

MK — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:31:57 +0000

@Roman: Locate32 needs to index. Everything does that too, but super fast.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:55:56 +0000

Useful addition to a Flash Drive, if it indexes that fast

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:04:00 +0000

Wow, and when I say wow I mean WOW! I don’t know how it does it, but it does it, fast, smooth, nice! This is a keep, really highly worth it, IMO. Martin, you are definitely the Web’s Columbus, thank you for this true gem.

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:18:56 +0000

I looked at Process Lasso screen and found that Locate32 uses less that 7Mb RAM. So I would recommend Locate32.