We all like speed. But it gets annoying when simple tasks like searching for a file or folder on our system take a lot of time and effort out of our important tasks.

This article will tell you how to search for files and folders faster in Windows using Filezo and how it can be used as an alternative to Everything by Voidtools.

What is Filezo?

Filezo is a superfast launcher for Windows designed to make your computing life joyful. It gives you instant access to any of your files, folders and apps without the need to browse through hierarchical folders. Type and go! That’s it.

Here is are some of the key Filezo features:

• Lightning speed access to any file, folder or app on your Windows PC.
• Tag files and folders. Supports color-coded and hierarchical tags.
• Add a note to any file without modifying the file itself.
• Integrates with the Windows File open/save window. Directly select a file or jump to any folder in Windows File open/save window using Filezo.
• Preview various types of files including audio/video. Install previewer add-ons to support more files.
• Quick manage files (copy, rename, delete, move) directly from Filezo without the need to open your File manager like Windows File Explorer..
• Share tagged files and folders with other Filezo users over network.
• Share annotated files and folders with other Filezo users over network.
• Quickly find and drag/drop a file over other apps such as the Internet browser, email app, messaging app etc.
• Many more hidden nuggets designed to make file and folder access easier.

Searching using Filezo compared to Everything (Voidtools)

Searching for files: Filezo separates items on the basis of Files, Folders, Programs, Websites and clipboard. This way, the items are not mixed up with each other. This also narrows down the result list since you no longer have to search among unrelated items for the item you want.

Everything, on the other hand, does not separate files and folders and lists down every object in your system initially. There is a filter to only show objects of a particular type, which you can choose to separate these items.

Watch a short video on this feature of Filezo:

Transcription of the above video:

1. Open the ‘Folders’ tab in Filezo.
2. Type your keyword in the search box.
3. Double click on the folder and that’s it.
4. Let’s see how to tag folders in Filezo.
5. Select a folder from the list and right click.
6. Click on the ‘Tags’ option and assign the tag.
7. Let’s go to the tags pane and edit the tag.
8. Right click on the Tag and select the Edit option.
9. We can change the tag color for quick identification.
10. There are some key functions to manage the folders.
11. Choose Explorer here to open the containing folder.
12. We can add a comment to any folder using Note option.
13. We can directly open the Windows File Explorer menu from Filezo.

Filezo helps you avoid full folder structure navigation to access subfolders. As mentioned earlier, it separates files and folders. So now, when you want to search for a particular folder, go to the “Folders” Tab of Filezo and type in your search keyword in the text box given below. It will find an item in less than 3 seconds, no matter how deep they are located in your system. Double-click on the desired folder to open it immediately.

Everything has a folder filter. Using this filter, every folder on your system is listed down, and you then have to type the folder you are searching for. The indexing and search offered by Everything is speedy.

Note: With Filezo, you can even add tags to your files and folders for easy access later on. Tagging feature doesn’t exist in Everything.

Everything, on the other hand, has the option to sort items based on Dated Accessed, modified, etc. But sorting the items based on it is really slow, and the long list of items still remains, only that they are now in a different order which doesn’t make much of a difference.

Filezo therefore proves an efficient alternative to Everything. The plus point is that there is nothing to learn. It is effortless and also works out of the box. Just install and see it working.

Learn more about Filezo from here.

Have a good day!

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