AvaFind

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Hello
WinXPproSP2
Iv'e been using AvaFind for a year without problem.
Suddenly stopped working!
Even in the crippled state (after 30 days) this is the fastest file finder
Iv'e found (sorry:)
Is there another fast freeware finder I could use instead?
Thanks
 
Ted said:
Hello
WinXPproSP2
Iv'e been using AvaFind for a year without problem.
Suddenly stopped working!
Even in the crippled state (after 30 days) this is the fastest file finder
Iv'e found (sorry:)
Is there another fast freeware finder I could use instead?
Thanks
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I'm still using avafind but I asked this same question a few months ago.
I tried the recommended software and went back to avafind as none were
better. This program appears to be fairly similar: locate

http://locate32.webhop.org/
 
dansheen said:
I'm still using avafind but I asked this same question a few months ago. I
tried the recommended software and went back to avafind as none were
better. This program appears to be fairly similar: locate

http://locate32.webhop.org/
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Downloaded and installed the latest beta. The lot. Accepted tge defaults.
Was a little dissapointed when no extensions were shown
but found 'show all files' in Setup. Brilliant.
That is, after i'd run Updtdb. also on taskbar.
Took only 2 mins to index 128G+20G discs about half full.
produced a just over 5M database file.
Loads of options to investigate.
So far brilliant.
Thankyou very much.
 
I've tried locate32 and found it updates it's database fast enough. But the
names of my files on disk are quite volitile and change, usually with each
session. Perhaps this is why few ever bother to save a copy of the FAT
(file allocation table) - it gets old too easy.

I would love a locate/find hybrid that first searches its database for a
pattern. If it does not find anything, it then literally searches the disk,
like find does to see if a new file matches the pattern. I could create
such a hybrid in a batch file if locate32 or other windows programs
returned something like the error codes in unix and dos. Then I can test
the error code and run a second find program, if the database program comes
up empty.

Anyone know of such a program, or how to set one up, by determining when
a locate32 style database failes?
 
dansheen said:
I'm still using avafind but I asked this same question a few months
ago. I tried the recommended software and went back to avafind as none
were
better. This program appears to be fairly similar: locate

http://locate32.webhop.org/
Click to expand...

AvaFind has an advantage in that it continuously monitors files as they are
added, etc. So the database is always up to date. On the other hand this
consume CPU cycles, etc. Locate32 doesn't continuously monitor disk
activity, and the database has to be updated periodically.

One reason I like Locate32 is that you have all your right-click options
available for the files that are found in the Search Results window.
 
spoon2001 said:
AvaFind has an advantage in that it continuously monitors files as they are
added, etc. So the database is always up to date. On the other hand this
consume CPU cycles, etc. Locate32 doesn't continuously monitor disk
activity, and the database has to be updated periodically.

One reason I like Locate32 is that you have all your right-click options
available for the files that are found in the Search Results window.
Click to expand...

What about Copernic Desktop Search ? Does locate32 or AvaFind have a
prieview ?
Do they index OpenOffice formats?

Frank
 
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