serach by both name and content by default like explorer

[amymor]

Hello
I want to use everything instead of explorer search (because search always opens in the background and consumes about 50-150 MB of memory). I know I can search for name and content using content:test|test but it's very annoying. For example, in Explorer when I want to search for TrustedInstaller or whatever, I can do it with one click on the search bar and just one type. But for everything after two clicks (rigt-click -> search Everthing) I have to type the whole word twice and an additional content: filter. So it would be content:trustedinstaller|trustedinstaller instead of simple trustedinstaller.
Is there a way to search by name and content by default like explorer? Also, if other search software can do this, please mention them.
Thanks

[void]

Please try creating a filter:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: Filename or Content
• Change the Search to: <search:> | <content:search:>
• Change the Macro to: fc<search>
• Click OK.

Now you can use fc:test to search filenames or content for test.

This filter can also be activated under the search menu so you only need to type: test

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.

[amymor]

Please try creating a filter:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: Filename or Content
• Change the Search to: <search:> | <content:search:>
• Change the Macro to: fc<search>
• Click OK.

Now you can use fc:test to search filenames or content for test.

This filter can also be activated under the search menu so you only need to type: test

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.

I created 3 files and renamed one to test and typed test to another one and the last file remains empty. So if I search for test, it should show test.txt and one with the test in it. I tried your method, when i enable Everything filter and type fc:test, it works but if I enable Filename or Content filter and then type test, it only shows me test.txt.

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[void]

Everything will try to find "C:\Users\user\Desktop\New folder\" in the content.

When the Filename or Content filter is active, only one search term is supported.

Use fc: for more control.


If you enable content indexing, always searching for content is possible with #replaceterms:

[amymor]

Everything will try to find "C:\Users\user\Desktop\New folder\" in the content.

When the Filename or Content filter is active, only one search term is supported.

Use fc: for more control.


If you enable content indexing, always searching for content is possible with #replaceterms:

Thank you for your response.

I noticed that when I enable content indexing, the memory usage is very high (about 1-2 GB) Even when I exclude many extensions and folders and set the size to 500 KB, the memory usage for the search tool is still high . Also, the Everything-1.5a.db file becomes 20 times larger. I know the memory usage and the db file used for indexing, and in this case it is normal to use a lot of memory and large database size. But I just don't like it.

I found another solution without requiring content indexing, as you know when Everything filter is active I can search for both name and contet by typing fc: so i just add -s fc: to the context menu command in the registry (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\Search Everything 1.5 a...\command).
The above command automatically types fc:

I suggest you add edit ability for the explorer context menu in the future so we can easily add many useful commands using Everything gui itself.

[void]

Customization of the right click context menu for files/folders in Everything is on my TODO list.

Thank you for the suggestion.