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<\/a> While looking for a file, you only had to start typing and a small text box appeared in the bottom right of the window (as shown below).<\/p>\nAt this point I had \u201cfeature envy\u201d because I wanted to see the same feature built into Windows Explorer. However, I knew that this was not going to happen anytime soon. Windows is traditionally many years behind on cool features that appear in other operating systems.<\/p>\n Last week, I found that my wait was over. As usual, someone saw the need and developed a third-party app which adds this cool feature to Windows. Listary not only reproduces the find-as-you-type feature, it adds even more little time-saving tricks.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what Listary looks like in Windows 7 (or Vista):<\/p>\n As you can see, it not only lists the first match as Nautilus does in Linux, it adds a drop-down list with all the possible matches. Another great addition is that it accepts the asterisk and question mark wild-card characters that help you find files quickly.<\/p>\n If you were looking for only JPG files in a folder, you would start by typing *JPG in the window and your matching files would be listed below. To navigate inside the list, you can use the TAB key or the UP and DOWN arrow keys. As each file is highlighted in the Listary search box, the corresponding file in the Explorer window is also automatically shown and highlighted. If a file you wish to open is highlighted in the results box, pressing ENTER will open it.<\/p>\n In addition to working in Windows 7 and Vista, Listary also works in Windows XP, as shown below.<\/p>\n Listary is a free program although there is a paid version (Listary Pro) which offers more search features. You\u2019ll find that it\u2019s offered as an 827kb setup file that must be installed. The installation doesn\u2019t spring any surprises on you and you do have the ability to set several options in it.<\/p>\n The most important option is whether to allow Listary to start when Windows does. Listary only takes about 7mb of memory while running and is always shown as an icon in the system tray. Right clicking on the system tray icon allows you to exit the program or change settings.<\/p>\n Download the free version of Listary<\/a><\/p>\n [via DownloadSquad<\/a>]<\/p>\n Listary has given me the chance to try a feature I\u2019d wished for in Windows. I like how it works and I was also surprised to find that it offers more than similar features in Linux. I can\u2019t complain about any lack in features, because there is a Pro version and I could pay for the additional features if I need them.<\/p>\n Techie Buzz Rating: 3\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last year, while trying out some Linux operating systems, I was surprised to discover a cool find-as-you-type feature in the Gnome Nautilus file browsers. While looking for a file, you only had to start typing and a small text box appeared in the bottom right of the window (as shown below). At this point I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nTechie Buzz Verdict:<\/h3>\n
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