I used to love exploring alternative Windows Shells and Explorer alternatives. As a heavy power user and PC enthusiast, I needed more than what Windows Explorer and Windows Search had to offer. I used to parade voidtool's Everything until I gradually increased my storage by magnitudes of TBs. Voidtool's Everything is amazing, don't get me wrong-- but it struggled to index my years of project data and archives once I passed around 5TB... It even corrupted its own database file a handful of times... I really was pushing Everything to its limits with my excess storage sizes.
That's when I found MasterSeeker. I decided to leave Voidtools' Everything behind for one goal-- a new file search and file manager that didn't crash and freeze up while scanning for constant file changes and indexing them. I required a replacement for Windows Search that didn't struggle with the uncountable files that I create on a day-to-day basis. I was accepting of a program that ran in the background and indexed as a Windows Service, even though it wasn't elegant and I preferred portable software.
MasterSeeker is absolutely crushing the competition for my multiple computers. The software is portable (which means it runs on any Windows PC from a USB thumbstick). I've even deployed/tested it via Google Drive/Cloud Drives. It loads the initial index faster and more consistently than the competition. It has never corrupted itself even once (unlike the competition). It's been years since I first found Everything and after switching to MasterSeeker (2 years and counting) I haven't looked back since.
Based on our record, WizFile seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 4 times since March 2021. 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.
Windows search has been broken for a _long_ time. Agent Ransack¹ is one of the first things I add to a fresh Windows install. Soon after some unix-a-like ports go on too (usually via cygwin) so I can use find, grep, and friends. For filename based search on NTFS volumes, WizFile² is useful too as it scans the MTF instead of navigating the directory structure bit-by-bit which can be significantly faster no matter... - Source: Hacker News / 16 days ago
If filenames are the issue, use https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/ WizFile (free for personal use) or https://www.voidtools.com/ Everything (free). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
There is WizTree and WizFile, but for the ability to look something up specifically via WizFile then you'd have to add it to the file name, which isn't ideal. WizTree is rather useful though. Https://diskanalyzer.com/ Https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/. Source: over 1 year ago
The developer of WizTree also makes WizFile for instant fast file search. https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
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