Can anyone else explain why it takes a good 5-10 seconds on my high end machine for search results to be coughed up in the Files category?
Vista "Instant" Seach
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Dr Lobster*
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windows search just doesn't perform well with lots of files - at home i have nearly 200,000 files indexed, i haven't been stupid and indexed my whole machine just the bits i need (windows sdk header files) and the generated indexes are about 2gb in size. to search a 2gb file it is going to take a while. admittedly, it will be many many times quicker than doing it the old way, but it is still slower than copernic, so i think their index just isn't efficient with large file sets. at work, where i've only got 40,000 files indexed it is instant.
i used copernic desktop search for some time but there are quite a few bugs they just won't fix with it (like getting stuck trying to index the same file, the only solution was to exclude them) and now they've got adverts in it i gave up and used windows desktop search 4.0 on xp. sadly, it seems the best of a bad bunch.
so really, the only thing i can suggest is to reduce the number of items that you index. maybe it will be fixed in windows search 5.0. or maybe not.
i used copernic desktop search for some time but there are quite a few bugs they just won't fix with it (like getting stuck trying to index the same file, the only solution was to exclude them) and now they've got adverts in it i gave up and used windows desktop search 4.0 on xp. sadly, it seems the best of a bad bunch.
so really, the only thing i can suggest is to reduce the number of items that you index. maybe it will be fixed in windows search 5.0. or maybe not.
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Dr Lobster*
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not last time i checked, i just can't really get over the limitation of searching for local files with a web browser. there are some nice touches, but it's too limiting - at least with windows search you can use shell features to copy/paste move files.
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I distinctly remember you recommending that a couple of years ago on the forum, and I used it religiously up until I switched to Vista whereupon I abandoned it in favour of built-in indexing.Dr Lobster* wrote:i used copernic desktop search for some time but there are quite a few bugs they just won't fix with it
See, I really believe indexed search should be built into the OS. I just wish it would work. Maybe I'll try rebuilding the index with just selected folders.
Spotlight..
Google Desktop Search did have a very useful shortcut (Alt-Spacebar or Ctrl-Enter or something) that brought up a little search box a bit like Quicksilver on the Mac or Launchy for Windows (which may do similar things - I just use it for applications). You could type in your search term and have it appear below the thingo, or hit enter and see a full results page in your browser.
I became semi-dependent on it a while back, but since ditched it because the big problem with those types of things is the amount of processor they take up constantly digging through your files.
Google Desktop Search did have a very useful shortcut (Alt-Spacebar or Ctrl-Enter or something) that brought up a little search box a bit like Quicksilver on the Mac or Launchy for Windows (which may do similar things - I just use it for applications). You could type in your search term and have it appear below the thingo, or hit enter and see a full results page in your browser.
I became semi-dependent on it a while back, but since ditched it because the big problem with those types of things is the amount of processor they take up constantly digging through your files.