WizFile - very fast file search utility

Features

What makes WizFile so fast?

Spoiler: How to search

How to Search
Just start typing and search results will appear. While WizFile is active is will monitor your hard drives for file changes. Any changes that affect the current search results will update on screen as they occur.

Wildcards
Use a * (asterisk) to match and one or more characters. Use a ? (question mark) to match any single character. For example, to search for all files that start with the letters "da", type in:
da*

To find all files starting with the letter a with "d" as the 3rd letter, type in:
a?d*

To file all files with a particular extension, e.g. all mp3 files:
*.mp3

Multiple Search Items (AND/OR)
Separate multiple search terms with a space. The space acts like an "AND" operator. For example to seach for files of type ".mp3" that also contain the word "dance", type in:
*.mp3 dance

If you search term has a space in it use double quotes around it, e.g.:
*.mp3 "dance hits"

Use the vertical pipe (|) symbol as an "OR" operator for multiple search items. E.g. to find all .mp3 and .wav files:
*.mp3|*.wav

To find all .mp3 and .wav files that contain the word "dance":
*.mp3|*.wav dance

Match File Name Only
If this option is selected the search will only be applied to the file name (the path is not searched)

Match Entire Path
If this option is selected the search will be applied to the entire path. If the search term contains a "\" (backslash) then the search will be performed on the entire path regardless of the current "match" setting. This is slower than a file name only search.

Search examples:

WizFile v1.02 (First official release) (April 9, 2018)
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WizFile is available as an Installer and portable version. Administrator privileges are needed to run it.

 

WizFile is an ultra-fast Windows Search tool
April 9, 2018
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/09/wizfile-is-an-ultra-fast-windows-search-tool/

 

WizFile v1.03 Released (April 11, 2018)
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Thanks @mood ...it's nice tool and it seems to be a bit faster even than Everything

 

I was about to ask how this compares to Everything but @ichito seems to seen results faster.

Will d/l and try this one. Thanks @mood

EDIT:

ERP caught it trying to do this: schtasks /Delete /TN WizFile /F

Guess it's ok but I blocked it anyway. Did a lookup on that commandline too.

https://serverfault.com/questions/3...-command-line-without-confirmation-schtasks-d

 

This is not a bad utility but Everything is definitely more feature rich and customizable than this. Unfortunately I am not running Everything due to its current installer issues with mandatory ASLR. I don't feel this works as a replacement. If I just want to find files I can expand the scope of Windows search indexer and get similar results. We'll see where this goes and I believe it has potential unless this is as far as the author wants to take it.

 

What is a "mandatory ASLR"? Why does it rule out Everything for you?

 

From the Developer

 

great!! Thanks for the explanation. Sensible of course yet these days it's worth being certain.

 

It really is fast as hell, I like it.

 

WizFile v1.04 Released (May 7, 2018)
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WizFile v1.05 Released (May 18, 2018)
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WizFile v1.06 Released (May 19, 2018)
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WizFile v2.00 Released (June 8, 2018)
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Spoiler: Changelog v2.00

WizFile 2.0 (8 June 2018)

• Non NTFS drives now supported (will not be selected by default - select them via the "Select Drives..." option)
• Individual folders/network shares can now be added to the search. Add a folder or network share by selecting "Select Drives..." then "Add folder".
  To add a network share either select it or type in the share name, (e.g. \\servername\sharename) when browsing for a folder to add.
  Note that high speed scanning is only available on NTFS drives - other drive types and folders will be scanned using the regular Windows method.
• User defined filters now supported. Default filters for ALL, Audio, Video, Images, Compressed, Documents and Executables added.
  Configure filters via the "Filters..." option
• Double clicking on the "path" will now open an explorer window (same as selecting "Explore Folder" from right click menu)
• Double clicking on the "path" while holding the ALT key will open a command prompt window at the file's location (same as selecting "Command Prompt Here" from right click menu)
  Double clicking on any other column will open the file using the default Windows method
• Click on a file name, pause, then click on it again to rename it (or just press F2)
• "Monitor folder changes" option added (default off). If enabled, WizFile will keep folder sizes updated with any changes that occur within them. If enabled it will cause higher CPU usage when file system is very busy.
• High DPI support (WizFile fully supports scaling on Windows 10)
• Searches that include folder names or partial folder names now much faster
• Background file monitoring improved (folder move operations now detected and processed correctly)
• On screen results affected by file changes now update with greatly reduced CPU usage
• Changing "selected drives" while a scan is in progress now works correctly (would not rescan previously)

 

This new version is one step ahead...

 

WizFile 2.0 file finder released
June 8, 2018
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/06/08/wizfile-2-0-file-finder-released/

 

WizFile v2.01 Released (June 10, 2018)
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WizFile crashes Directory Opus file explorer.

 

WizFile v2.02 Released (June 20, 2018)
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WizFile v2.04 Released (July 8, 2018)
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WizFile v2.05 Released (September 5, 2018)
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When are you going to fix this bug?

 

Maybe it's a Directory Opus bug and Directory Opus should fix it.

 

Not bad. Same speed for me as Everything app so now we have (2) such programs since it also announces is donationware.

 

It is NOT a Directory Opus bug. Directory Opus works fine with all other file managers, just not WizFile. Maybe Wizfile's developer should look into it.