Looking for a program that can search files and through them.

[Tharkon Fargor]

Yeah I'm looking for a code I've forgotten to open a lil thingy and I name my text files very confusingly when it comes to codes so that nobody (even me) can figure out what file it is lol.

So obviously I fucked up here...yeah... anyway does anyone know a program that works like forum searches do.

That is search through text and wordfiles with the selected word or sentance in them?


Thanks :)

[epicor]

yeah, windows search. just type in the box for content rather than filename

[Tharkon Fargor]

omfg I can't belive I forgot about this. I knew I had done it before I just forgot how - not needed it in 2 years. Bah thanks.

[epicor]

lol np

[stalwart]

use google desktop. it's MUCH faster than MS Crapware.

mostly because it makes an index of your entire fucking computer, but at times like the one you are experiencing, it's obviously worth it.

[epicor]

im not a fan of any addon that is already usable in windows. though im not a huge fan of windows anyway. but the indexing service is available in windows you just have to turn it on. its probably on by default, but you may have turned it off trying to tune your comp. just start>run>services.msc and turn the indexing service to auto or start.

[Darq]

use google desktop. it's MUCH faster than MS Crapware.

mostly because it makes an index of your entire fucking computer, but at times like the one you are experiencing, it's obviously worth it.

I wouldn't

Privacy

Many privacy and civil liberties groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have concerns that personal information on people's computers could readily be copied from users' hard drives.

Google Desktop V.3 contains certain features that raise serious security and privacy concerns. Specifically, the share across computers feature that introduces the ability to search content from desktop to desktop greatly increases the risk to users' privacy. If Google Desktop V.3 is set to allow Search Across Computers, files on an indexed computer are copied to Google's servers. The potential for information stored on their computers to be accessed by others if they enable this feature of Google Desktop v. 3 on their computers should be seriously considered. The EFF advises against using this feature.[13] Also, those who have confidential data on their work or home computers should not enable this feature. There are privacy laws and company policies that could be violated through the installation of this feature, specifically, SB 1386, HIPAA, FERPA, GLBA and Sarbanes-Oxley.[14]

Other more far reaching concerns arise around the packaging and end user license agreement - specifically the level of intrusion on the local machine and the disclaimers that users implicitly agree to future changes in the license agreement without actually being able to see them immediately.[15][16]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Desktop

[stalwart]

don't enable that feature when you install it. it asked me if i did... i clicked "no" and that whole big ass paragraph you listed is a non-issue.

the privacy of windows software is extremely vulnerable and just as bad when it comes down to it.

[Tharkon Fargor]

That's bullshit though, sorry.
I'm so tired of people calling Microsoft crapware and then using FireFox or Google or other applications which are so heavily criticized for their privacy issues that a basement dwelling transvestite dwarf wouldn't have the time to read through all the reports.

No thank you, for as long as I can I am not letting google inside my computer.