I wonder what indexing algorithm it uses, however I think it might directly use the MFT for such a blazing indexing, and maybe it is one of the reasons that it cannot read FAT, because NTFS has a revolutionary indexing system optimizing search & safety issues. But the first tool IMHO, is the very nice Everything. I think no geek could ever live with only & only one search tool. I have tested many search tools, from crappy lame native Windoz search to AgentRansack, from XYPlorerFree search to AvaFind.

For searching within Archives, try the old 'Archive Peek' utility (google/bing it it will work even on Windows95!) or the 'LookDisk' app here on this site. If you want to search within files, I would suggest 'AgentRansack' or 'Locate32'. Its only con is that it cannot search directly in network drives (but will search removable drives).įor network drives, try the excellent 'IYF (Index your Files)', 'Lan Search Pro' or 'Songbird'. Search for 'EverythingPortableAlpha_1.2.1.451a_Dev_Test_1.paf.exe' at the site.Įverything will search only file and folder names, and it relies the NTFS MFT for building a tiny index, so it is blazing fast.

Someone has built a portable copy of this version. Newest version of Everything is 1.2.1.451a, with some great new features (including search history), but since it is an alpha version, it might be unstable in some situations.Įverything.exe is by design a portable app (though not stealth, since I think it writes some settings to Registry). Everything also works well with App Launchers such as Launchy.

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