Search your PC in Spotlight style!
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How-To:
No installation is needed. Simply extract all files to the folder Program Files / MacSearch and make the shortcut to the file MacSearch.exe in the folder StartUp.
Double click the tray icon to show the search field. The image file will be created (in 10-20 sec.). Search anything. Right click onto the file name in the list to see the context menu. Right click the search window or the tray icon to get the main application menu.
Set the "Program Name" = "Spotlight".
To deinstall simply remove the folder MacSearch.
Additional keys in MacSearch.ini :
- UseWheel = 1 or 0 (if you have not the wheel) , default is 1
- ShowTree = 1 or 0 (use to show/hide the folders tree pane in Explorer by "Show folder") , default is 1
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ShowToolTip = 1 or 0 (use to hide the tool tip with the file path) , default is 1
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ResizeResultsWindow = 1 or 0 , default is 1
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ShowProgramName = 1 or 0 (switch off the title of Search Bar) , default is 1
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LogRescan = 1 or 0 (logs the time of last database update in the file "Log.txt") , default is 0
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FlatListResults = 1 or 0 (make/hide the place for icons in Results window) , default is 0
The normal CPU usage by disks rescan is 15-18%, by search -- 3-4%, memory usage 4.5 Mb.
To set the custom skin make the new subfolder "MySkin" in the folder "Skins", create and place the followed files:
- active_icon.ico
- unactive_icon.ico
- throbber.ani
- background.png
- clear.ico
- results_background.png
- pressed.png
- default_icon.ico
- show_all_icon.ico
To use MacSearch with Object Bar start MacSearch first and run:
a) MacSearch_Trigger.exe
or
b) Trigger.cmd (make the shortcut to Trigger.cmd and set "Start minimized")
Note, that by searching of two words "win xp" the program find all file names with "win" AND "xp":
- mswinxp.pal
- Windows Explorer.ico
- Windows XP-Tour.lnk
If you see in the menu "Open with..." not the full applications name, but only the name of executable file, make the shortcut in your Start Menu to this executable and give it the correct name. Example: To see "Microsoft Word" not "WINWORD" make the shortcut with the name "Microsoft Word" to the file "winword.exe". Then update the database.
