Replace Windows XP search with Locate32
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Hello,
first, many thanks to Janne vor this nice searcht tool.
If you want to replace the Windows XP search feature with Locate32, do below tweaks in registry.
Last Warning!!!
Please make a backup of your System/Registry before you do anything of this.
if you dont know, what Regedit is; dont touch them. ;-)
If you dont do that, your windows search feature cannot restored.
Install Locate32 on your system. In this example the location is:
"%ProgramFiles%/Locate32" (Program Files Folder).
Run Locate32 and open the Settings.
On General Settings:
Uncheck: Minimize to system tray
Check: Leave Locate32 running on background when main dialog is closed
Go to Advanced:
Uncheck "Shell context menu commands" if they are seleted.
"Locate" item to My Computer
"Locate" item to My Documents
"Locate" item to drives
"Locate" item to folders
Open Regedit and make Backups of the below strings.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}/shell/find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}/shell/find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Drive/shell/find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Directory/shell/find
Delete below strings in regedit
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}/shell/find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}/shell/find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Drive/shell/find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Directory/shell/find
Download the file "Locate32Tweak.reg" and merge it.
Here is a link to the file, because it's cracy to post code in this Forum!
http://www.t6b.de/files/reg/Locate32Tweak.reg
EDIT:
This regfile open each search in his own process.
Command used: %ProgramFiles%\Locate32\locate32.exe -i -nf -p "%1"
Ready. Open explorer and try it with right click on Folder and click on search.
In this tweak i use the switches -nf to clear the Named field and -i to open
every search in his own instance.
Limitations: If you press CTRL+F in Windows Explorer, the Windows search agent and
Locate32 are opend at same time.
I think there is a way to disable the windows search agent if you which
this.
Example:
Use "Screen Launcher" from http://www.bartdart.com/, with this tool you can run programs
as screensaver.
Use the follow command in "Screen Launcher" to do that.
C:/Program Files/Locate32/locate32.exe -a -u -S
(use -a only, if lacate is always load in memory)
OR use
C:/Program Files/Locate32/Updtdb32.exe -q
Set the wait time between 3 and 6 minutes and turn off the display
(best screen sver ever :-) with the energy options after 10 minutes or
time what ever you like.
Best regards Phoenix
Last edit: Phoenix 2012-08-23
Umm.. thank you for sharing this, but what's the advantage of using this instead of Locate32's own integration and provided reg files?
And this forum seems to remove all backslashes in your posting which I guess you already noticed.
thanks for information about backslashes.
I use this, because i dont need two search engines in my context menu and
so i prevent locate32 to overwrite my custom commands.
The Contetmenu from Locate32 have no option to use customize settings for search.
Oh I see. Can you augment your original posting to explain this? "Replace the Windows XP search feature" is quite unambiguous.
I like locate32 very much!
I want to integrate it to the explorer, but the
Locate32Tweak.reg - Link
is no longer available.
Can someone please post the file or a new link?
Regards
Michael
Sorry, I don't have the reg file.
Have you tried Locate32's own integration (last options in Advanced settings) and reg files inside the installation directory? It should be almost same.
The search by file option doesn't work for me.
The "files newer than" option for date modified does not find files newer than the modified date. If I uncheck this option, then files are found for all dates.
Where have i gone wrong?
Do you latest version? (3.1.11.7100 from http://locate32.cogit.net/) There was a related bug in previous versions.
Other thing is that Locate32 uses modified date from database. So, if you haven't updated your database after updating the files, it won't show up.
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Why don't the versions 3.1.11.7100 & 3.1.9.6070 from http://locate32.cogit.net .zip files have an installer included? The .zip files are missing the installer per the Readme.txt file. The previous versions 3.0.7.7010 & 3.0.7.3250 are .exe files that are installers. It has been this way for quite a while now!
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Zip files was easier to distribute
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How so? Plus, it doesn't explain why there is no installation executable that the Readme file references.
3.0.7.7010 has installer if you are looking for that. You can use the installer ones and then replace files from the newer versions.
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Yes, you could do that, but wouldn't it be much easier and better to have an installer for those who don't know how to do that.
For example, "loc_fndx.dll" is included in the latest zip version but not in the latest exe installer version. Do we need to manually register this .dll ourselves or can it simply be moved into the Program Files\Locate Folder, and what percentage of people know how to register dll files or know what the Program Files\Locate Folder is and how to move files there?
The current zip files really only serve as a stand alone version of Locate32 that doesn't actually get installed, which has its purposes, but if that is the intention, then please update the Readme file to tell people how to install, using 3.0.7.7010 first and then manually using 3.1.11.7100 to update so that they will have a Start Menu Icon. Zip the exe installer to save bandwidth if you must, but excluding an installer download is not a good practice.
Thanks.
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Why is my previous post from over a week ago still awaiting moderation?
Oh, sorry my error. I forgot to approve your message.
All files in the zip files works as is and it is enough to just extract files to some diretory. So anyone does not need to know about registering dll or something.
Besides, all of these files are 6-10 years old, so I am not sure that there much point to start meddling with these.
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The latest version's files are less than 2½ years old but that has nothing to do with an installer, one just has to be built using the existing files.
All of the ReadMe files also state this about an installer, "The installation program uses bzip2 version 1.0.3 by Julian Seward (jseward@acm.org)." Apparently this one step has been omitted and could still be done using the existing files, which is all I was pointing out. It would be helpful for those who are not so computer literate to get Start Menu entries and an Add/Remove Programs entry.
BTW, has Janne Huttunen ended support for Locate or delegated it to SourceForge?
Well there was a patch which was quite recent (less than that 2.5 years), but it was only minor bug fix to locate.exe made by someone else (if I remember right).
I'm Janne. And yes, I do not have resources (I do not have Windows) or time for developing Locate32. Mostly just providing support by answering questions here.
If someone necessarily wants to build an installer, it would probable be easier to use some kind of installation maker tool.
Last edit: jmj 2017-03-06