I love DocFetcher! I discovered this gem of a program when Windows stopped supporting string searches in word processors other than Word.
DocFetcher might be a bit more popular than Executor. We know about 12 links to it since March 2021 and only 10 links to Executor. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Executor helps you quickly launch programs and internet searches, manage clipboard and running apps, and provides a calculator, customizable file path autocomplete and browsable history. JaJe92 adds, "Best file indexer I am still using… use a combo of key, quickly type partial name of a software/file/folder, press enter and you're in.". Source: 11 months ago
I use it regularly after I finish a session or am about to install something notable and want to preserve my work up to then. I use a hot key manager called Executor. Make sure you install it from the developer's website. Source: 12 months ago
Download a hotkey manager and you can setup hotkeys to do various things. It's much easier to keep track of them than trying to do it with shortcut properties. I use Executor.. Source: about 1 year ago
To manage hotkeys, I use this app https://executor.dk. Source: about 1 year ago
You accidentally made the link point to executor.tk instead of executor.dk Looks interesting. I may check it out, and compare it to Everything. Source: over 1 year ago
I use https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html to index and search large repos of docs. I use Papermerge for my digital file cabinet though. DocFetcher is good for searching an existing repository of files. Source: about 1 year ago
As they state, it is crap-free, free forever, cross-platform, portable, private (local only), and indexes only what you need. You can also set minimum and maximum file sizes to index. See https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html. Source: over 1 year ago
What I'd recommend is setting up a digital and/or physical technical library. Download any useful documents, books, standards etc. and store them in a clear, concise folder structure. Then create an index of the library with a tool like DocFetcher. (Think of it as Google for your technical library) This should make it fast and easy to find the relevant information when you need it. Source: over 1 year ago
DocFetcher? https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html. Source: over 1 year ago
I use Outlook for e-mail and calendars. I use Evernote to store my notes. I also have a folder in Dropbox called "docs" where I store TXT (and others like DOCX and PDF etc) files for tasks/projects like the cisco firmware update example. I use DocFetcher (https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html) to perform search on the stored notes in TXT / DOCX / PDF / etc. Source: over 1 year ago
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