I don't know about you but I don't care to much of windows 7 file search. I liked XP much better. I was wondering if I could delete windows 7 file search and download windows XP. Windows XP is a lot faster and I even MISS the dog. He kinda grew on me.


                                                                 


                                                                                             




                                                                                                    So your gonna dump Win7 just to get the Dog back ? ?

OK.I Still can't seem to find what I need sometimes, nor have it presented to me the way I prefer.

Personally, I preferred the Windows 98 "Find files" applet, despite all it's flaws. So, I simply created my own little version of the program, about a year ago, that I still have on my quick LAUNCH bar, and use occasionally when the win7 search just doesn't have the granularity I need. It doesn't have the dog (being that I based it on the older win98 interface in many ways), but it is more powerful (or, should I say, the power is easier to get at; with win7 search you can search for any number of things but you need to know some goofy incantations for the search bar that  I personally cannot be bothered to learn just yet).


This is the program installer download for the curious:

http://bc-programming.com/downloads/downloads.php?DlID=1


Another program to try (I haven't tried it myself, it just came up in a google) is

Ultrafilesearch.



And there are a number of Desktop Search programs reviewed here: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-desktop-search-utility.htm
I have been using a freeware search utility called Agent Ransack, which provides more of what I want in a search utility than Windows 7's built-in offering.
Does it have a Dog ? ? Quote from: patio on December 01, 2010, 01:40:23 PM

Does it have a Dog ? ?

What is this dog thing I keep reading? Is it a private joke?

hmm...

Mine should have a Possum...

Does it have a Dog ? ?

I've been using Rocket Retriever for file search since Windows XP first came out. It's a great, if slightly dated, little app. Instant returns.

But again, it's A dog that can do tricks we're after here, not some silly toy "File Search" ability.