https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=4759972b-430f-41e2-81e5-681ffc475c08 FileSeek RSS: Install as replacement for Windows' search Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:13:27 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=4759972b-430f-41e2-81e5-681ffc475c08 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/install-as-replacement-for-windows-search/?ID=4759972b-430f-41e2-81e5-681ffc475c08#2 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:58:56 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/install-as-replacement-for-windows-search/?ID=4759972b-430f-41e2-81e5-681ffc475c08#2 FileSeek Sorry for the delayed response - I would just like to mark this topic as complete. This is something that would be nice, but I don't think it's a full replacement. I think that FileSeek provides a different set of functionality by offering more features in exchange for speed (no indexing). I'm very happy that you like FileSeek though, I use it every day too. ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/install-as-replacement-for-windows-search/?ID=4759972b-430f-41e2-81e5-681ffc475c08 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:13:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/install-as-replacement-for-windows-search/?ID=4759972b-430f-41e2-81e5-681ffc475c08 FileSeek Gotta say I love FileSeek, as it does what it is supposed to do and does it well too. Unlike, say, the integrated Windows Vista search. Despite setting Vista to search non-indexed files and to always search file contents and adding .pas and .dpr using the plain text filter, it just doesn't want to search for the word "memo" in a bunch of Delphi (*.dpr|*.pas) files. Having wasted hours and being annoyed by that piece of cr@p for the last time, I finally came across FileSeek and it did the job in seconds.

One suggestion I have is that it'd be really nice to be able to install FileSeek as a replacement for the default Windows search (that pops up when you hit Win-F and when the search-box in Explorer is used). It's no biggie, as the context-menu option is quite useful as well, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

For more information on the search protocol (added in Vista SP1), you might be interested in this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q941946 ]]>