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| README.txt | 2013-03-05 | 3.2 kB | |
| FileLocater-1.3-src.zip | 2013-03-05 | 511.8 kB | |
| FileLocater-1.3.zip | 2013-03-05 | 380.9 kB | |
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File Locater ------------ File locater is an alternative to the Windows file search facility. It is based on the ideas of the unix/linux locate command. File Locater is free and has been released under the GPLv3 license. Release 1.3 ----------- This should be considered as a beta release with most of the functionality in place and no known major problems (yet). It consists of the following files: FileLocater.exe The program FileLocater.chm The help file COPYING.txt GPLv3 license CHANGES.txt List of changes README.txt This file THANKS.txt People who have helped with this project Requirements ------------ File Locater should run on any implementation of Windows that has .NET 2.0 installed. Installation ------------ There is currently no installer, so you need to copy the files yourself to a suitable directory and add a link on the desktop and/or add the program to your start menu. Building the initial index -------------------------- The first time you start the program up you will need to build the initial index. You do this by clicking on the text "Index has not been built. Click here for build options." This will show a dialog box where you can select which drives you want indexed. Make sure the checkboxes for those drives that you want indexed are checked, but it is probably not a good idea to check any drives that have removable media. When done press the "Build Index" button. This will probably take several minutes depending on how many files you are indexing. If during the index process there are any problems accessing any files/directories, then information about these problems will be added to the list box. Most of these will simply be special Windows files/directories that Windows is hiding from you. Help ---- Pressing F1 in any of the main windows should bring up the help system giving you information about that particular window. Note: For this to work FileLocater.exe and FileLocater.chm must be in the same directory. Also most controls have tooltips, so if you hover the mouse over them, a tooltip should appear giving you some help. Uninstall --------- To uninstall the program, you will need to remove any shortcuts you manually added, remove the files you unzipped and remove File Locater's configuration and index file. The index file is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\GNE\FileLocater\FileLocater.db. Typically this would be C:\User\<user name>\AppData\Local\GNE\FileLocater\FileLocater.db. If you have any trouble finding it, you could always use File Locater to find it. The configuration file is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\GNE\FileLocater.exe_Url_<sequence of chars>\1.2.0.0\user.config. If you have nothing else in %LOCALAPPDATA%\GNE, then it should be safe to delete this directory. Uninstall of version 1.0 ------------------------ This is the same as above, but the paths are slightly different: %LOCALAPPDATA%\FileLocater\FileLocater.db and %LOCALAPPDATA%\FileLocater\FileLocater.exe_Url_<sequence of chars>\1.0.0.0\user.config Known problems -------------- It is currently not possible to index the files on A: or B:.