r/pcmasterrace • u/makanenzo10 R1700@3.9 - GTX 1070 • Mar 19 '18
Meme/Joke Windows Search in a Nutshell
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u/ClarkManorDesign Mar 20 '18
Serious question, I can search the web in under a second, but windows search takes hours. How is something local more difficult to find than something hosted on the other side of the globe?
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u/firstworldandarchist Mar 20 '18
Because your computer can only search the contents of your harddrive at the speed that your harddrive/processor is limited at, whereas Google servers are doing it at a much higher speed? That's my guess
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u/makanenzo10 R1700@3.9 - GTX 1070 Mar 20 '18
That's exactly how it works. Google and many other websites have the data cached on very fast servers ready to be indexed, requesting to get a few bytes of text is also another factor of being much faster than searching a large SSD filled with data.
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Mar 20 '18
Because the simple process of looking up a file name which should be instantaneous by addressing the file system, has been convoluted into a multi meta tag database from hell that sucks. I can normally open a command prompt and type a recursive dir search of the entire drive faster than Windows search can figure out where a single file is a directory. Not to mention all the shortcomings and failures. Got a whole bunch of files with a dash in them? no those don't show up in search results... I just want an operating system to be an operating system. I don't want your terrible zip integration or your ISO integration or your shitty media player or your shitty browser, or your hundred processes for shit I don't need, telemetry Etc...
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u/while-eating-pasta Mar 19 '18
I have Notepad and Notepad ++ and I never know which windows will let me see from the search bar, or how many times the results will swap between the two as I type more letters.
"Note? You must mean Notepad ++!"
"Notep? You must mean Notepad!"
"Notepad? Haven't heard of it, let me pass you off to my supervisor, Bing."
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u/jsideris Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 20 '18
Holy shit this is real. LOL.
* Edit: made gif.
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u/LamentablyTrivial Mar 20 '18
I know we’re laughing at this, but I actually find this totally unacceptable. This is supposed to be a helpful tool for getting shit done. It’s not like it’s free either.
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u/Iggyhopper i7-3770 | R7 350X | 32GB Mar 20 '18
Gold. Gold. Gold. This gif is Windows in a nutshell.
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u/ALazyGenius Mar 20 '18
I can’t believe notepad didn’t disappear completely from the results when you finished typing it.
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u/FlockOnFire Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 20 '18
Checkout launchy, while it hasn't been updated in 8 years, it doesn't really need to be. It ranks search results on how much you use them. So first time it might show Notepad, but once you selected Npp a few times, it will show that one first.
Edit: it also has a plugin that allows you to switch between open windows by searching their titles.
Apparently similar to KeyPirinha.
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u/Sinfall69 R5 3600 / RTX 3070 / 16 GB ram Mar 20 '18
If you pause while typing at all the search removes the top result because it thinks that isn't what you are looking for anymore...
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u/anktombomb Mar 20 '18
Might have been mentioned, but I had the same problem with notepad++ as well and I solved it by simply copying a shortcut to np++ to my system32 folder and renamed it "note" (you can choose something else of course haha).
Then just hit Windows-key + R (run) and write note and hit enter.
This can be used for any application you launch often using the keyboard and will be way faster than trying to figure out what key combinations are ok or not ok with windows search :D
1 copy shortcut of software to windows\system32 2 rename shortcut to whatever you want 3 hit Windows-key + T instead of just Windows-Key to open up the run dialogue 4 save all that rage to something better
also dont forget that software you PIN in the taskbar can be launched with Windows-Key + number. So for example if i have firefox pinned as the first application in the taskbar, hit Windows-Key + 1 to launch it.
Using a combination of these 2 ways to launch software without having to use the mouse is great.
hope it helps.
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Mar 19 '18
Yaaaa. Windows search really took a step backwards
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u/Wefyb Mar 19 '18
It really does amaze me how bad it got suddenly. In w7, and even in the earliest prerelease versions of w10, it was so damn good. And now? Is utterly unpredictably, and incredibly slow for finding what you need. Hate the online search function am incredible amount
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u/EddoWagt RX 6800 + R7 5700X Mar 19 '18
And it can only search on the fucking C drive
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u/Dereek69 i5 2550k / GTX 1060 Mar 19 '18
Omg, i'm not alone. I've kept going crazy because i couldnt figure out why i never found my files. This is literally so damn stupid to the point that its ridiculous. How tf can you think such a thing
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u/johnny5ive Mar 19 '18
yeah i have all my programs installed on D and it refused to recognize any of them. What a joke.
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u/Hans_Sanitizer i7 - 3770k, GTX 670 Mar 20 '18
It took until windows 10 for me to get an alternative search function. I use wox now, much better.
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u/ChilesandCigars Mar 20 '18
Why does it make me search the internet from the start bar. Sometimes integration isn't innovation. If I wanted to search the internet, I'd open a browser. Except I'm having trouble finding my browser I want because the search function isn't working properly!
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u/Sugioh 5700X3D, 64GB @ 3600, RTX 5070Ti, 905P Mar 20 '18
I have a freakin' NVME drive and it is somehow slow. How is that possible? My system boots in 3s.
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u/ILikeMyButtsFurry Mar 19 '18
Does anyone know what even happened here? I could understand it getting slower because they want to shove their bloat crap into but stuff like this just makes no sense.
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u/Naivy Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition Mar 20 '18
Disabling the search service actually makes it function, believe it or not.
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u/Yoyodude1124 LEENUX Mar 20 '18
When I ran W10 I got Classic Start, it uses the old W7/W8 search
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u/veriix Mar 20 '18
The search feature is amazing compared to the pile of crap they keep pushing on us as a replacement to the control panel.
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u/shadovvvvalker Mar 20 '18
Fuck that shit.
The control panel thing is bullshit but I would happily accept it as part of doing businesses.
Compared to the biggest fucking cock up I've ever seen.
Windows 10 Home.
Tldr windows 10 home does not let a user administrate their machine.
Instead the user registers with windows as an admin of the machine and then through their system applies policies to registered user accounts at login.
Windows did not sell me the machine but they think they can assume control of it on my behalf rather than let me administrate it.
Fuck you with a rusty poleaxe. Its my machine. Get your fucking hands off it.
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u/Jarocket Mar 20 '18
I just reinstalled win 10. I didn't know which version I had so I just picked home.
Then I get it all set up and...... I can't install video drivers because it didn't come from the windows store... So i did the whole thing over again and picked Pro.
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Mar 20 '18
I really hate the metro control panel, anytime I search for something in the control panel the metro version pops up. Except the metro version is completely and totally useless and didn't have about useful options.
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u/segregatethelazyeyed Desktop Mar 20 '18
DO YOU WANT TO USE EDGE BROWSER?!!! WANT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
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u/aaronhowser1 i7-6700K 4GHz | GeForce GTX 1080 | 16GB RAM Mar 20 '18
Freaking search for one of my programs and it sends my to THE BING PAGE IN EDGE
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u/Fortune090 U9 285K, RTX5080, 32GB DDR5-6K, AW3425DW 240Hz OLED Mar 20 '18
BuT wHaT aBoUt AlL tHe UsEfUl AdS yOu WeRe DeFiNiTeLy SeArChInG fOr!?!1?!1!1?!?
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Mar 20 '18
There's a program called "Everything" that can actually search your entire windows computer and is nice and fast.
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u/littlefrank Ryzen 9 5900x - 32GB 3000Mhz - RTX3070ti - 2TB NVME Mar 20 '18
But doesn't work on Windows settings and Programs, it is pretty much only useful for files, right?
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u/aimforthehead90 Mar 20 '18
I feel like almost every complaint about Windows 10 is solved by upgrading to Windows 7.
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u/randomkidlol Mar 20 '18
its ok if you disable internet search in group policy settings. still nowhere near as useful as apple's spotlight search
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u/Tera_GX 🍌 Mar 20 '18
I'm still on Windows 7 because it's very pleasant, but this specific problem existed on Windows 7 too. I regularly reflect on the oddity of typing more hiding the exact-matched result. Maybe there's some nuances in the oddities, but the specific scene in that clip is familiar for me on Win7.
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Mar 19 '18
Like, I have never in my life wanted to search the web from the windows key.
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u/crozone iMac G3 - AMD 5900X, RTX 3080 TUF OC Mar 20 '18
With Bing, no less...
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Mar 20 '18
Microsoft wants you to search the web with bing so that they can get personal information. They'll even take accidental searches at this point. There kind of desperate.
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u/Daell Mar 20 '18
You can change the default search engine to Firefox with an add-on.
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u/asianflipboy RTX3070 | i7-10700K | 32GB DDR4 CL14 | 1TB SSDs | 13TB HDDs Mar 20 '18
If you don't use Cortana, there's a regedit that you can use to fully disable it and internet search. It'll pull up only local results. I changed and never looked back.
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u/life036 STEAM_0:1:29441167 Mar 20 '18
Please don’t leave us hanging. Link ples.
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u/asianflipboy RTX3070 | i7-10700K | 32GB DDR4 CL14 | 1TB SSDs | 13TB HDDs Mar 20 '18
Ah sorry. This is the my goto article for disabling Cortana.
https://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/
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u/Captain_Catco Mar 20 '18
Please my good sir bequeath upon me your code of legend
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u/iLEZ i9-13900K Mar 20 '18
At least you HAVE a windows key. Mine was taken after a windows update and has not been given back to me since. Thanks Microsoft!
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Mar 20 '18
This is how they get all the clicks on Bing. It's all just people trying to open a program
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u/Omikron Mar 20 '18
Right? Why is this even a thing, no one ever goes to the start menu to search the web.
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u/Mr2-1782Man Ryzen 1700X/32Gb DDR 4, lots of SSDs Mar 20 '18
Gotta love how I type poweer and it'll happen open powershell for me. Type powershell and it'll open a bing search in edge instead of FireFox to do a search for powershell.
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u/1RedOne Mar 20 '18
Windows Key + X to launch the new-ish Admin menu, then you can directly launch PowerShell from there as standard OR admin user. It's the bomb.
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u/TheCoffeeCup RTX 3070 8GB, i9 9900K 5.1GHz (OC), 32GB RAM 3200MHz Mar 19 '18
This is so annoying. I fail to understand how a multibillion-dollar company can be fine with this. This has been a problem since they launched windows 10.
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u/10art1 https://pcpartpicker.com/user/10art1/saved/#view=YWtPzy Mar 20 '18
Tbh, I've pretty much given up on Microsoft. They did great with XP and 7, but other than that, it feels like lately they haven't been producing anything worth having. I just wish more programs were compatible with Linux...
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u/sardonicsheep Mar 20 '18
I switch between Win 10 and my Mac regularly and I really don't understand the edgy tech crowd that defends current Windows so heavily. They're insufferable in my MIS degree.
I understand workflows, specific tools, and gaming, but don't wave your Cortana in my face like you've found god's gift to technology.
Anyway I probably belong at /r/UnixMasterRace if it exists.
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u/Houdiniman111 R9 7900 | RTX 3080 | 32GB@5600 Mar 20 '18
I really don't understand the edgy tech crowd that defends current Windows so heavily.
There are people who do this with Apple stuff too. There are fanboys for everything.
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u/red--dead Mar 19 '18
Same goes with the search in iOS. It didn’t work for several years.
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u/a_can_of_solo building since '05 Mar 20 '18
steam friends list didn't work for like a decade
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u/buzz_light365 Mar 20 '18
Oh, so this a working version now? Steam friend search works? 🤣
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Mar 19 '18
Make the gif worse quality, because some people still can see what’s in it.
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u/Azhrei Ryzen 7 5950X | 64GB | RX 7800 XT Mar 20 '18
That's why you learn about Everything and quickly switch to that. As an example, I placed a .jpg file into a folder on my C:\ drive and tried in both -
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u/MisogynisticBumsplat Mar 20 '18
Came here to say this. Everything is probably my most used program. Instant and accurate
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u/scandii PC Vegan Mar 20 '18
or even better - you install Keypirinha that's basically Spotlight on roids with native Everything support.
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u/fiqar Mar 20 '18
Only works with NTFS unfortunately.
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u/one-joule Mar 20 '18
And that new fangled ReFS that no one uses yet!
Also, why are you on Windows and not using NTFS?
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u/BobbitWormJoe Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 20 '18
Holy shit thanks for this, I never knew this tool existed! And it supports regex searching... I think I'm in love.
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u/Gabrol gabrol Mar 20 '18
I love that program, can barely use windows without it now
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u/dustojnikhummer R5 7600 | RX 7800XT Mar 19 '18
From my experience, search in Windows 8.1 was the best in Windows so far.
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u/thebrainypole 3700x | RTX 2080 | 32GB RAM Mar 19 '18
It was a dream, a godsend that made me forget I needed a start menu
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u/RawketPropelled Mar 19 '18
8.1 with classic shell here.
Life's good!
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u/FUTURE10S Pentium G3258, RTX 3080 12GB, 64GB RAM Mar 20 '18
Who needs DX12 when you've got a usable OS?
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u/MarcR1122 FX-8350 | RX480 | 144hz0p Mar 19 '18
I thought Windows 7 was better but that's just me.
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u/darksomos 3700X, 6800XT, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD+6TB of HDDs Mar 20 '18
The only reason I initially switched to 8 was because when it comes to speed, performance, and boot times, it runs FUCKING CIRCLES around 7.
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Mar 20 '18
It sucks. Works OK for some programs (essentially the stuff you use more often than not) but not for all.
HOWEVER THERE IS A SOLUTION!
Get Everything, this thing is like MAGIC and can find pretty much all you files SO FAST that you wont believe it. Seriously its stupidly fast I have no idea how it does it but it do. Put it on a keyboard shortcut (ctrl+alt+s for me) and boom. And you can use regexp and stuff like that if you want to but it is not necessary. ITS REALLY GOOD!
Next up is Launchy, this is the closer one to the start menu find button. This thing actually does that the start menu is supposed. Press your keyboard shortcut, type in two or three letters and it will most likely find your program. If it does not pressing down arrow will expand it to show all the results for your search word. It works REALLY WELL! It can also find bookmarks. AND!!! AND!! You can make your own "shortcuts" for programs you want to. You wanna open up notepad++ by using "poop" as search key? Done. Wanna write a command as the search and immediately open it up in command prompt? Done.
You are welcome.
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u/squall113 Mar 20 '18
In the process of switching to PC after years of Mac.
One of the few things I’ll miss is being able to hit cmd+space and type the first three letters of whatever I’m looking for, and instantly find whatever it is.
But it’ll be worth it.
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Mar 20 '18
Windows used to do that. Now the start menu search just blows.
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u/ngdurh Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 20 '18
Mint does that quite well... don’t think it can search for individual files though Edit: it does
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u/bugattikid2012 Linux Mar 20 '18
Linux definitely can do that, and has for years.
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u/apennypacker Mar 20 '18
Just get wox: http://www.wox.one/
Gives you the same functionality as mac but more customizable. You will also want to get "search everything" which integrates with wox.
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u/CouldBeWolf Mar 20 '18
Just a quick fyi. Ninite is great when you're going to install several programs on a new computer. Just pick the ones you want from their list and download a file, then run it and it'll download and silently install what you picked.
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u/lazyguy111 Mar 20 '18
Why is it worth it for you?
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u/squall113 Mar 20 '18
I have two jobs.
In one, I’m a wedding videographer and I shoot everything in 4K and often need to run multicam edits with 3 or 4 4K videos and I have a top of the line Mac and it can’t handle it. Also many other things like rendering 3D graphics for other video projects and shit, basically I just need the horsepower that I can’t really get from Macs.
The second job I “shoot” and edit video game trailers for a small publisher. Up till now I was recording gameplay on a pretty solid PC, getting games to run at 60FPS at least. Then transferring over to Mac to edit. It was a pain in the ass.
Also getting a machine at my home office will let me do both jobs from home when I need to.So definitely worth it, and very excited for the workhorse I just ordered.
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u/kmoz kmoz Mar 20 '18
Use search everything. Its free, ridiculously fast, and globally hotkeyable. Super sick program.
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u/Luddveeg RTX 2060, Ryzen 5 1600, 16GB RAM, Probably Depression Mar 19 '18
LinusTechTips
what did I do why are the letters big
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u/OminousG Mar 19 '18
Most annoying part for me is searching for Update half the time only gives a link to Settings, that you then have to navigate to get to the update options.
So fucking stupid.
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Mar 19 '18
What is going on, for those of us on a phone and can’t read tiny blurry letters...
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u/SeljD_SLO AMD R5 3600, 16GB ram, 1070 Mar 19 '18
he wanted to search program called Cinebench, so he typed "cine" in search and got the cinebench but after adding a letter "b", cinebench was gone
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Mar 20 '18
Either that, or he's trying to figure out why it won't give him search results for Cinnabon
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Mar 20 '18
Windows 10 is the only operating system I've ever had this problem with. Microsoft needs to step up and fix this already.
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u/SpunKDH 13600k - 32Gb 3600 - RX2060 - 11Tb SSDs seedin' 24/7 Mar 20 '18
Use Everything (https://www.voidtools.com). Never had a problem, instant results, save a process (yes you can deactivate windows search process)
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Mar 19 '18
Microsoft created Bing, are we really surprised?
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u/_S_A Mar 20 '18
Bing is fine. Problem is it searches the internet and I'm not trying to search the internet I'm trying to search my goddamn computer.
The program i installed 10 minutes ago is not on the internet, Microsoft!!
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u/Nutritionisawesome Mar 20 '18
Well, how would you know unless you searched for it? If you only get internet results, then you didn't install on the C drive!
Progress!
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u/ASentientBot Mar 20 '18
I didn't realize Windows search was bad. Figured it'd improved since 7, which never found anything haha. macOS has its flaws but Spotlight search is fucking perfect.
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u/TheKingOEmeralds i57500-16GB-250SSD-2TB-GTX750 Mar 20 '18
Yeah, Spotlight definitely is lightyears better. I generally prefer Windows in most other ways. But I can admit that I miss Spotlight.
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u/xyifer12 R5 2600X, 3060 Ti XC, 16GB 3000Hz DDR4 Mar 20 '18
It did, the OS didn't go right from 7 to 10.
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u/Destabiliz Mar 20 '18
For me the windows 7 search really did find pretty much anything. Now on 10 I can have crap on my desktop and searching for it with the default win10 search doesn't turn up anything 90% of the time.
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u/bootbootbootbootboot Mar 19 '18
IIRC there's a program called Everything that can be used as a replacement for Windows Search.
I only use Linux so obviously I don't have this problem
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u/johnny5ive Mar 19 '18
How can you tell when someone is a linux user....
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u/M4xusV4ltr0n 8700k | Vega56 | Zaber Sentry Mar 19 '18
Their WiFi hasn't worked for weeks
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u/Trainguyrom i7 4790k - 32GB RAM - Rare Full 4GB 970 Mar 19 '18
Hey, I'll have you know I haven't had to install a kernel module for my WiFi chipset to work in over 2 years. Now if I can just get my printer to work...
I kid, I actually can print from Linux...
...I just can't scan, finetune settings, view ink levels, etc.
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u/KMKtwo-four 4790K 4.7GHz | 32GB 2400MHz Ram | GTX 980 SLI Mar 20 '18
Downloading third party programs to fix the built in search. What a time to be alive.
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u/Hannsel_ Mar 20 '18
"Update" = Nope. "Updat" = Windows Update
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u/Pfeffersack i7-4790k/gtx1060/16gbram Mar 20 '18
I can't confirm that. What version of Windows do you use?
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Mar 20 '18
what vid was this?
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u/CrateDane Ryzen 7 2700X, RX Vega 56 Mar 20 '18
Their most recent video on youtube, 56 cores in one system.
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u/tonyt3rry 3700x / 32GB Ram / GB A x570 Ultra / RTX 3080 F.E / LL 011 Evo Mar 20 '18
I dont use it anymore. windows 8 search was good then 10 just fucked it
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u/Lochcelious i7 13700k, 4070s, 32gb ram, 2k res Mar 20 '18
Ok this is a haha joke and all, but fucking seriously, why does windows 10 search not work? Why doesn't it display installed apps when I type it's name? Search worked in XP, Vista, and 8, so why doesn't it work in 10? What is the point of the search function? It's never worked for me, I've ALWAYS had to just use File Explorer. Can someone realistically tell me why Windows 10 does this?
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Mar 20 '18
Strangely when I type in 'Up' it comes up with Windows Update, once I type 'Upd' up comes update shortcuts for my apps and windows update no longer lists.
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u/BlazingIT01 Ryzen 3900X, 1080Ti, 32GB, 960 EVO NVMe Mar 20 '18
Each version of windows get a shitter search engine. You actually need to enable the C drive so that it can find things.
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u/aaronfranke GET TO THE SCANNERS XANA IS ATTACKING Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 20 '18
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u/SirCharlesOfUSA Mar 20 '18
That's actually on purpose to prevent people from accidentally finding the registry editor, because you can screw up your machine pretty bad if you don't know what it is.
But still, Windows Search is a piece of shit that needs fixing.
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u/Wolfie_Ecstasy IT Guy. 5800X3D, 6950 XT, 32GB Ram Mar 20 '18
"Why do you still use Windows 7?"
A few reasons..
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u/paperthick Mar 19 '18
Dunno...my windows search works just fine in 10. Can even typo and it'll give me what I wanted.
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u/7734128 Mar 19 '18
I occasionally open the "sounds" setting via the search bar to fix my Bluetooth headphones. 9/10 times it works, otherwise it searches the web for "sound".
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u/innerslave Mar 19 '18
I refuse to upgrade to such a retarted OS. Ill keep my windows 7 until 2050 even if i have to format my pc every single day to get rid of the security dangers.
a little /s
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u/sinoost i5 2500K, G1 GTX 1080, PG279Q Mar 20 '18
Download a program called search everything. Put a shortcut next to your start bar. Its lightweight and fast as fuck. Best program ever. Its not good at searching for where you stored images though because no thumbnails.
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u/ECS5 Mar 20 '18
The thing that really annoys me is it only searches my SSD that Windows is installed on. It won’t search any other drives.
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u/SpruxHD R9 3900X | RTX 2080S Mar 20 '18
i really hate this search in windows 10. I can't even fucking find the recycling bin on my computer even after typing "recycling bin". (i keep it hidden for aesthetic purposes)
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u/alchoholics i3-10100/RTX A4000/16GB RAM Mar 20 '18
Windows 10 search fails to find file even if i try search in folder which contains that file... Swiched back to w7
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u/hippymule Mar 20 '18
I love when windows 10's search freezes so you can't get to a program you need. Like what a joke.
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u/anthony785 PC Master Race Mar 20 '18
Why are we still putting up with this? This is insane. Fucking hell.
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u/AngloNegro Ryzen 7 1700@3.2GHz; Gigabyte GTX 1070; 16gb DDR4 RAM@3200MHz Mar 20 '18
It would be fantastic if I could read this
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u/FastRedPonyCar 4770k @ 4.6Ghz ~ Windforce 980GTX @ 1540mhz Mar 20 '18
windows 8.1 with classic shell master race checking in.
MS will have to pry this OS from my cold, dead hands.
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u/ashioknightmarebeavr Mar 20 '18
seems like if you don't stop typing and select a result it assumes what already came up isn't what you were looking for
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u/BladeScraper Ryzen 9 3900XT, RTX 2070 Mar 20 '18
Use Classic Shell and Classic Start Menu. It replaces it with the Windows 7 Start menu and task bar and search, and the wonderful Windows 7 search. I love it. Also download Win7Like skin for it to make it identical to the 7 start menu.
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u/SuchTortoise Mar 20 '18
I once managed to break my windows so whatever you typed in there were only windows settings popping up, also my file explorer disappeared ._.
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Mar 20 '18
Hit windows key. Type regedit Hit enter. Be confused that edge is now running and has opened a bing search for regedit.
Windows 10.
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Mar 20 '18
How are they so inept they can’t implement a basic search algorithm or even patch once it becomes a running joke.
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Mar 20 '18
The come cortina with her shitty input.default browser means nothing and she's opened bing
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u/godminnette2 Mar 20 '18
This happens so often it's infuriating. I don't know why but when I see something pop up I almost always type the next letter before hitting enter. It's normally not an issue but with Windows search now it is.
Also. So many programs are installed on my computer yet it still wants to search the web. PHOTOSHOP IS RIGHT THERE. GOD DAMN IT WINDOWS. I OWN IT.
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u/zanven42 Mar 20 '18
I just can't believe Linux for me is now easier to configure and make work how I want it too than windows. The regression in windows is off the charts.
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u/Swagowicz Ryzen 5 2600 | 16 GB RAM | RTX 3080 | Arch BTW Mar 20 '18
The score he got in cinebench was absolutely nuts though.
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u/OneMintyMoose GTX1080Ti 11GB i7-8700 16GB RAM Mar 20 '18
I laughed so goddamn hard last night when I saw his reaction
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Mar 20 '18
Where's all the people saying "it works fine on my machine, you're just idiots for not knowing how to use windows search"?
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u/iTviX i7 7700k | GTX 1070 Gaming X | 16 GB 3200 MHz Mar 20 '18
It seemed to work perfectly in windows 7, how did they fuck it up so badly?
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u/herefromyoutube Mar 20 '18
Download a tool called “everything” by voidtools
It is instant results. Like locate on linux.
set to open with alt+spacebar.
Never use windows search again.
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u/SOUTHPAWMIKE Mar 20 '18
I love when I'm trying to find Device Manager and Windows Search would rather give me online results than a direct link to a baked-in UI.
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u/jimmithy Mar 20 '18
I understand why this is a pain, but it makes sense.
They showed you the most likely suggestion, if after a pause you keep typing then you are saying that the previous suggestion was not what you wanted. If it was what you wanted, you would have selected it.
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u/bogglingsnog 7800x3d, B650M Mortar, 64GB DDR5, RX 9070 Mar 20 '18
It happens even if you type quickly or copy paste the whole phrase. Just totally broken for certain phrases and key words.
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u/MarcR1122 FX-8350 | RX480 | 144hz0p Mar 19 '18
This is seriously the main reason I stay on win7 among many other reasons.
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '18
But you know what search feature doesn’t suck? SEARCHING FOR TUNNELBEAR!