Comments on: Quick tip: Where is it?

By: diligent geek

diligent geek — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:23:09 +0000

Yeah, I’d totally agree. Windows 7 Search has completely changed the way I find files on my computer. Folder hierarchies are becoming less and less important.

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By: techandlife

techandlife — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:53:22 +0000

On my Windows XP PC, I’ve used Copernic Desktop Search for years. Very useful for searching documents as you say for that one word you remember.
I was really just tackling keeping track of stuff not on the PC in this post. I must do a post about searching on the PC at some point although the search facilities in Vista and Windows 7 are a great step forward.

By: diligent geek

diligent geek — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:02:15 +0000

Has the rise of desktop search options (Windows Search, Google Desktop Search, Apple’s Spotlight) made your quest to finds things any more productive? I’m all about the way these tools can search and index the *contents* of documents. If I can remember one word that is unique to the file I want, then I can find it!

Now if only those tools could index the contents of those boxes in my attic…