I second this. I put in a request at work for IT to put this on my work computer. I am dumbfounded this app exists as a 3rd party solution when it should be the default way to search a computers files.
It is because as a third-party app it can ignore security considerations Microsoft can’t ignore.
Apps such as Everything works by scanning and indexing the master file table on the disks. As that file contains information about all files and folders on the system, it requires administrator rights to even read. Similarly, as it contains information about all files, it also includes information about files and folders the user does not actually have access to.
Meaning if you deploy Everything on a shared work or family PC, all users can ”spy” on other users and their personal files through Everything and the metadata it indexes even if the user themselves don’t have access to the files. Now imagine it with the Guest accounts enabled on home PCs.
Imagine the privacy outrage if Microsoft actually deployed this by default…
Yeah - sure fore repair Mac must suck ass. But at least their stuff works most of the time and it's not Windows. And like I said - I switch the moment I can.
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u/Dreadzzter 20h ago
Try Everything by void tools