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Locate32 portable?datiswous - April 24, 2007 - 6:43am
I am using Locate32 at the moment for file searging and indexing. The program is in a zip file but uses the windows register for settings. You can download the Source code on the webpage. I was wondering if anybody wants to make it portable. p.s. Instead of giving lots of information about the software, you can better try it out yourself, or watch the movie: ( categories: )
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One question: what for?
One question: what for? It'd have to create a database every time you connect it. It's slow as hell, 100 normal searches is way faster.
"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." Asimov
Ehh. Realy this program is
Ehh. Realy this program is realy realy fast. making a first database takes a little time, like a 5 minutes. updates are shorter. I'm talking about a harddrive with more than 400 gig. you can also make appart databases for cd's or other harddrives.
searching speed deppends on the amount of files, but is allways at least 10 times faster then Windoos-search.
Well, if you work on different PC's it would be nice to have one database on stick for all computers, but it would be cool to still use another version on the harddrive when you don't use the stick. Locate32 uses the register to point to the location of the database file. So it's not possible to use more than one version on one user account. Also, in some situations more users use the same user account.
Anyway, it would be cool to have sort of a database search program for your usb stick. Especially when you have a lot of storage and a lot of files. I've got a 2 gig. usb-stick.
Ok, I understand. You use
Ok, I understand. You use only several computers and you're able to keep a database for all of them. In such case it can make sense.
BTW you have a fast hard drive.
"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." Asimov
Most definitely
Great app!
+1
Locate32... a simple, fast, desktop and network search tool
Hello datiswous,
First I want to let you know that I am a portableapps addictive from the early beginning. For some years I was looking for a simple, fast, free, desktop and network search tool. I found it all in locate32 for Windows.
But locate32 isn't yet portable. To make it portable I use the famous kix32.exe utility from www.kixtart.org (a tool that helped me to make a lot off stuff portable).
F:\Locate32>edit Locate32.kix
SetConsole("HIDE")
If @HostName = "myComputerName"
Run '"@ScriptDir\Locate32.exe" -L1 -L"\\Server\Share" -d "@ScriptDir\@HostName.dbs"'
exit
EndIf
Run '"@ScriptDir\Locate32.exe" -L1 -d "@ScriptDir\@HostName.dbs" -u'
F:\Locate32>kix32.exe Locate32.kix
This is a simple but effective approach to make some software portable. I Hope this will help you and other people to make the world more portable.
Suggestion
Isn't Everything (http://www.voidtools.com/) portable? I think it search live or it might do a database like Locate32. Just a thought.
edit: It indexes quickly. And it might not be a single exe. Sorry for failing.
PS. It's not Open Source as far as I can tell but it is a single exe.