Quick File Search Windows 10
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In Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA), you can perform a quick search across all the rows in data tables. This differs from a regular data search (Search or Filter Data) in that you do not have to specify search parameters such as a query, process (for example, equal, not equal to, or contains) or filters such as match case, search up, etc.
Enter the desired text. When you enter partial text (for example, entering CO for COM Call) WPA will filter the data in all rows using that string. If the text doesn't match any of the data in the rows, the field becomes red (even before you click ) when the text is entered.
WPA highlights all the rows (in the table) that contain the text you entered. If a row does not contain the text you entered, it is not highlighted but remains in its table row; this is important as it differs from how WPA returns search results when you use Filter To as described in Step 4.
To return only the instances that contain the text you entered, click Filter To. WPA then only displays the rows that contain the text you entered and removes all rows whose data does not contain the text you entered.
To add a Delay Type, click the contains dropdown, select the criteria you want to use (for example, equals, contains, etc.), and then enter the search string you want to use.Tip To remove the Delay Type, click the X in the row that contains the Delay Type (as you can have more than one) you want to delete. By default, the Query includes Delay Type contains, which you can also delete.
Hello
The windows search / quick search, that you can use with the F3 shortcut, does not work anymore. To be precise it looks to still work only on certain folder, some with only a few files as far as I could verify. If I use it on folders with many files (let's say hundreds) it doesn't work, the window content is blanked and no matter how much you wait, no result appears. Refreshing the folder (F5) does nothing.
Previously the filter / quick search always worked flawlessly on those same large folders.
I've read that the window search is a index based search, so maybe the index is corrupt. I couldn't find any info about how to re-create it. The index idea is only my thought anyway.
What can have gone broken?
Also, try doing filename:*.jpg (or similar for an extension that will match some files) as the search. That should be fast and won't involve looking inside any of the files, which should tell us if it's working at all for that folder.
If you type "index" into the Start Menu it should find the Indexing Options dialog that's part of Windows. Click "Advanced" in that and there's a troubleshooting option to delete and rebuild the index.
Hello Leo
OK, I tried all steps and here's what. In the Windows index my folder(s) are not listed, that is they're not indexed. It was my belief that Opus didn't rely on Windows index, but had its own instead. If so, then I have to add my folder(s) to the index locations list. But I'm surprised that it don't add the Box folder to the index by itself.
Typing "filename:*.jpg" in the search box of Opus produces no result (blank window)
But the Windows built-in search on the contrary works: typing a part of filename immediately shows the correct results, even if the folder is not indexed.
The main folder I need to search in is the Box folder. I tried to add it to the indexing list but I can't, because the Box folder is not visible in the browsing window, neither as normal user nor as admin.
I can reach and add the AppData\Local\Box folder, but it's useless, because it's the cache folder and does not contain the filenames, cause the "actual" folder is C:\users\user-folder\Box and this is not visible in any way from the Index management window (show hidden files option is enabled in Explorer).
Investigating a little further led me to something.
In effect it seems to be a Box specific issue / limitation (ref); Box does not allow Windows Search to index the Box folder.
As suggested by a user on another thread a workaround is to map the Box folder as local Drive using the SUBST command. I tried on my computer and it seems to work.
I really like this feature but sometimes it does not activate. I find if I go to Home then Ctrl-Q always works but that breaks the flow and removes what I was looking at from view. Does anyone know how to make this work reliably? I have searched the forums.
@laurence.glazier, that's my experience too. Assigning the same keyboard shortcut to two different functions in two different contexts seems mind-bogglingly ... can't think of a polite way to put it. And why on earth use Ctrl+Q for justify?
I believe the focus needs to be in the notebook list for the quick switcher to work. Control Q doesn't' respond if your cursor is in the note. But if you click on the notebook you're on in the notebook left column list, Control Q will work. That's my experience, anyway.
You are right. Given that you are about to use a shortcut (Ctrl+Q) it's woth noting that the shortcut alt+ctrl+\ takes the focus to the note list. So no need for your hands to leave the keyboard. If ctrl+Q was something I used alot, I'd probably create a hot key using AutoHotKey that combined both shortcuts to make it even easier.
Sorry to make myself redundant ... wait, that's not right ... anyway, as I noted above I was able to edit the Switch to shortcut to something other than Ctrl+Q, and when it no longer conflicts with the Justify shortcut it can be invoked while editing a note as well. @laurence.glazier, I don't have a "What's New" section anymore in my keyboard shortcuts dialog (Ctrl+/), just searching at the top for Switch gets me to the Switch to entry, which is editable.
Thanks @Dave-in-Decatur, maybe it is because I went back to the previous version.
I asked ChatGPT 4 to write an AutoHotkey script to make Win-Shift-G work as a universal hotkey for Switch-to. It only knows AHK Version 1, but it works with that older version of AHK. It's not perfect but does the job, and it's nice in that the keystroke is adjacent to Win-Shift-F, the usual Evernote search.
I finally discovered I could edit Switch to. The confusion is that it appears twice - the first mention in the hotkeys editor is in the What's new section, where it can't be edited, but it is there again lower down the list under Navigation, where it can be changed.
I am wondering if anyone has found a reliable solution here to link Switch to a universal hotkey. I am using AutoHotKey V2 now with this code (I have remapped Ctrl-Q, which does not work while a note is being edited, to Alt-Q)
Contexts lets you switch to windows with search. Press Control-Space (or whichever keyboard shortcut you prefer) to open the Search window. Type a few characters from an app name or window title to filter the list. Press Return to switch to the selected item.
Fast Search. If you want to go even faster, enable Fast Search, hold down the Fn key (or whichever modifier key you prefer1) and type a one or two character query (or a longer one if you want to). The Search window will appear with the results. Just release Fn and the selected item will come to the front. Combine this with search shortcuts and you can switch to Safari with Fn-s, Notes with Fn-n, Messages with Fn-me and so on. In two or three keystrokes, that is.
Command-Backquote (`) similarly shows a list of windows of the frontmost app and lets you switch directly to the one you want. There is no need to bring forward windows of the frontmost app one by one until you get to the right one.
You do not even need to move the cursor all the way to the Sidebar and back. Start scrolling down with two fingers from the top edge of trackpad at either the left end or right end. The list will appear and the selected item will change as you move your fingers down or up. Lift fingers to switch to the selected item.
Spotlight can help you quickly find apps, documents, emails, and other items on your Mac. With Siri Suggestions, you can also get news, sports scores, weather conditions, stock prices, and more. Spotlight can even perform calculations and conversions for you.
You can include or exclude specific folders, disks, or types of information (such as email or messages) from Spotlight searches. See Choose suggestion categories for Spotlight and Prevent Spotlight searches in files.
When one has many features to show in this tiny window, i.e. from big professional database, sometimes it's problematic and takes time to find the one feature class you need. Especially if you see many schemas you need to search through to all of them. If there was a dynamic kind of filter (as a header I guess?) it would be easy to i.e. type the user name to show all tables he particularly owns.
I'am aware that there's a search window, but, in my opinion there wouldn't be a problem if those two functionalities were functioning side by side.