Comments on: Quick Tip: Find Files On Your PC Fast With FileBox Extender

By: simonh4

simonh4 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:50:48 +0000

So it's almost link spotlight on mac ?

By: simonh4

simonh4 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:50:48 +0000

So it's almost link spotlight on mac ?

By: anistock

anistock — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:23:42 +0000

Tried filebox, its good but to me its a 7/10 product, maybe I need to give it longer chance

By: jamesseavers

jamesseavers — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:51:42 +0000

Vista does that with the 'Documents' tab as you can add any folder to it. Try Start -> Documents, you can add any folders there. Vista search also cuts down on search time.

By: sinisasasic

sinisasasic — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:02:07 +0000

Total Commander has the same & better features via CTRL + D, and has a search by letter that is quite efficient, just needs to be properly configured in Options. I've installed Filebox, tried it, but it is no match to TC.

I strongly suggest you quit browsing folders via explorer.

By: Will B.

Will B. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:49:26 +0000

I find that Windows Desktop search finds files nicely. My company also has hundreds of client files, and navigating through them is quiet awful most of the time. The Desktop search puts a search bar in the Start Bar next to the Systray and can link to any number of directories that you specify, including Outlook if you so desire.

Not only will it search by file name but also by context, so if you have text in a document and that text matches the search criteria it gets added to the pop-up list.

Very handy.