11 January 2012

Finding files in Windows folders: Listary

Unfortunately, the title may not reveal the genius of a Windows application that could really become an indispensable program for many users, thanks to the excellent way it manages to make.

We have seen many articles of tricks to improve the navigation between files explorer and folders in Windows Explorer and many ways to speed things up, maybe with shortcut keys or with the addition of buttons.
In this case it is to add a command to find files that are inserted into the or folders on the desktop , which appears only when needed and it works so much better than the default search bar in Windows 7, Vista or

XP.

To this writer, is a Listary impressive tool to manage files on Windows, to the point of wondering how you could have worked until now without it.

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Windows, in fact, has never changed its system for managing files and folders, and now we are well accustomed.
However, it remains a problem when you open a folder with many files inside it.

For example, each document is saved in Documents folder, which in the long run, may become so full of files by making it difficult to find them.
The problem becomes more relevant when you have to select a file from the small selection window that opens whenever you click on " Open File "from a program or when you must send an attachment via email.

Listary then becomes the perfect solution and is also a new way to find files on your computer so fast .
It pops up a small text box to write the name of the desired file .

The box is smart, just writing a letter shows all files that have that letter in a list like that, even if you do not remember the exact name, you can easily scroll through the list to find the desired file.

Listary you can download Free for personal use and must be paid for commercial use.After installation, the program is running in the background while remaining hidden, indicated by the icon in the lower right corner near the clock. Right-clicking on the icon to access the menu options to configure shortcut keys and to make Listary compatible with more types of windows.

To use the search bar Listary, whenever you need and on any Windows box that contains a list of files, desktop and including task manager , just press the key combination Win-W . The search function on the task manager is really useful because there is no default to search for the items listed.

On the box, next, there are also three buttons: bookmarks, recent folders and smart lists. To set favorites, just enter the options and mark paths or folders you want to access quickly. The Smart List is a list of commands Listary.

Listary The main feature is the ability to quickly select a files from any window in Windows , both folders windows Open / Save, or even on the desktop, without having to scroll through the list and try to watch the exact file name. Simply, start typing any part of the file name to see a list of possible objects that contain those letters (a little 'as with the Google search) and independent of their position in the name. So if you want to search for a document called ' document_mstech_1.pdf ', you can simply look on Listary text box the word " nav "to see the file list.

The nice thing is that even if you are not sure that the file is displayed on the folder, Listary also search in the most recently used folders and not just in the open. Among other functions, at any time, you can press the key combination Ctrl + G to go directly to the last opened folder , which is really useful when you need to save files from programs such as Word, which always have a default folder and must always change it manually.

Listary can also integrate with other operators of files and folders such as Total Commander or xplorer2.


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