Read the file table directly?

[zer0nix]

I've been trying out different search apps and discovered that "swiftsearch" is even faster than everything, although it lacks important features like the ability to rename files. For some reason everything is getting slower and slower at startup so I thought I'd just throw this idea on the pile! It seems that reading the file table directly is faster than whatever method everything uses, and seems to use less ram too! I can't even find swiftsearch in my task manager whereas everything is typically consuming 400MB+...

[void]

Everything does read the file table (MFT) directly.

The initial index can take some time to sort all your results by Name, Size, Path and Date Modified.
Disable fast sorting for a faster initial index (not recommended)

Everything can take a long time to start up if there was many changes since Everything was last closed.
Please make sure there are no stuck Windows Update.

Please make sure Everything is running in the background and is saving its database to disk on shutdown:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the UI tab on the left.
• Check Run in background.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything. (if disabled, Everything may not be able to save its database to disk)
• Check Start Everything on system startup.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

Everything will use about 100MB per 1million files.
Please try reducing the number of files indexed.
--and/or--
Disabling property indexing and fast sorts (not recommended)



Please try Everything 1.5:

• Indexing is faster.
• You can search immediately after starting Everything.
• Searching is much faster.