Put the 3 batch files somewhere on your Desktop.
Use this to create/renew the cache. Depending on the number of files on your drives and the number of drives this might run for a few minutes.
If you prefer it would not index certain drives, remove the letters from the list.
Use this to search for files. Enter test
to find all files that contain test
anywhere in the path. To find all Text files for example,
enter .txt
. This version doesn't supports wildcards
This version is usually still faster than the Windows Search but slower than the cached search. It's live though and supports wildcards. Feel free to remove drive letters you don't want to search, or save multiple versions with different letter combinations. For local drives, Windows has a cache for the directory tree that is properly invalidated if the directory changes. If Subsequent searches feel faster than the first one it's not an illusion.
The search files allow you to enter a search query.
Be aware that there is no escaping performed and the query is inserted into the command line "as-is".
Simply put, do not enter "
. It's an invalid file name character anyways.