FARR- a Program for Keyboard Maniacs

Find and Run Robot (FARR) is a program for keyboard maniacs-it uses an adaptive "live search" function to rapidly find programs and documents on your computer as you type.Press your chosen hotkey to display the FARR window, then just start typing the first letters of the application you want to launch and the results appear instantly. Hit enter to launch the top result, or refine your search with special modifiers and commands.

 

FARR also lets you quickly run web searches, send email, manipulate files, control on-screen windows, and much more. Build and share custom commands or install plugins to add tons of new features, like live search features for your clipboard history and your internet bookmarks; a popup a calculator with history tape and persistent variables; and many more

 

 

 Features

 

Works out of the box!

Adaptive scoring system - besides all the magic, you can add your own scores to multiple search directories to influence FARR. Therefore, it will return your most desirable application/file on top of the results list.

Use minimal system resources (with the option to increase it for faster search results!)

Right click on a search result to influence its score e.g. ignore this application in the future, view context menu.

Browse to a directory quickly - for example, if you type c:\pro ; FARR will return c:\program files plus all the subdirectories!

 

  Find and Run Robot | Freeware |5.53MB | Homepage

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DK Finder 2.1.3.0

DK Finder is a free utility for file searching in Windows. Finder has some advantages over its competitors that its more precise and less CPU load.With this speedy gem replace Windows' built-in file finding utility.

You can search for file names and also for keywords contained within the files. The program uses a smart indexing algorithm that can be configured to only scan files that have been modified recently, thereby reducing the time needed to update your index database.

• hide-to-tray function, try it with Alt+PgDn (or Esc key)
• system hotkey for tray hide/wakeup operation (configurable)
• system hotkey for silent full rescan (configurable)
• slim search dialog when waking up from tray (option)
• background rescans are now hidden to tray by default
• slightly reduced file size and RAM footprint

OS:Windows 2000/ Windows XP/ Vista Req: 5MB hard drive space
File Size: 986KB Freeware

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