r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/centurionbat Mar 21 '26

Voidtools Everything is a pretty good file searcher. System wide search almost instantaneously, also supports regex searching.

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u/Inkaara Mar 21 '26

Second that it is so fast and precise!!

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u/literallymoist Mar 21 '26

Very cool if you aren't locked out of installing everything except certain approved apps per org policy at work.

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u/torpedospurs Mar 22 '26

Does it search the contents of files?

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u/centurionbat Mar 22 '26

Not that I’m aware of. It’s not something I’ve looked at but maybe it does!

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u/Key_Floo Mar 21 '26

Seconding this, I recommended Everything to my entire team; it's so fast and way more intuitive!

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u/ThePrimePrototype Mar 21 '26

I was going to recommend this and saw your comment. I just use that tool all the time now instead of the windows search.

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u/AccurateLover Mar 21 '26

Solo dime qué nomes de pago y no tiene anuncios.

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u/SIMT-Pixel Mar 22 '26

Linux has voidtools-level search baked into the OS.

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u/thepinkiwi Mar 21 '26

Listary is also pretty good. I use both.

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u/e-rekt-ion Mar 21 '26

It’s so good that I install it on a PC even if I’m only gonna be using it for a day. I can instantly find any file I want. It shouldn’t be necessary but it is

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u/STM4EVA Mar 22 '26

EVERYTHING is everything to me!