Author Topic: why does windows explorer search suck (Read 583 times)

Trogtor · January 28, 2018, 07:03:26 PM

i never find anything i need

like im looking for Item_Flashlight, so I search 'light'

ok... not there

so i search flashlight and...
there it is

can someone explain why windows search sucks and never finds anything i need

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Masterlegodude · January 28, 2018, 07:12:27 PM

Probably because it starts with 'flash' and not 'light', like those other files do, and explorer treats _'s like a space, so it's still what the name starts with, not what it contains

Like for example, how you can't use 'house' to look for the lighthouse file, so you'd have to use 'light' instead

gr8dayseth · January 28, 2018, 07:13:05 PM

goosh i hate that too

e-maxx · January 28, 2018, 07:15:33 PM

because they haven't updated it since 1993

Darth C3P0� · January 28, 2018, 07:29:28 PM

probably too many files in your folder

Mardalf · January 28, 2018, 07:29:47 PM

Yeah it's sucked since as long as I can remember so like

I think they haven't changed it since before 98

But on the bright side windows 10 will organise your pictures by cat/dog/sunset/nature/selfieinacoffin without you even asking so... That's cool right?

SubDaWoofer · January 28, 2018, 07:36:23 PM

~~switch to linux instead~~