Tony Austin, I tried Everything for a while and it just wasn't a reliable search program. Although very fast, several times it didn't find files that WERE on my computer. So I got rid.

Tony Austin, I looked at Everything as a result of seeing it suggest either here or another giveaway site.
Windows 10 File Explorer replaced "Windows Explorer". Unless you have an abysmally slow CPU and jammed disk turning on Indexing in Windows 10 should produce no noticeable impact on performance. The search features available in File Explorer do all one could possibly need. You can select what areas to index, and what types of files. Right in the Details pane one can select a date range to display via a drop down menu. With a few tweeks or the (free in Windows Store) Quick Look, one can go beyond the already present (even via hotkey) Preview pane. (Tweeks may be needed for some file types. Or make Adobe Reader default for PDFs) . Of course one can add or delete columns, adjust widths, etc. in File Explorer. More features than you will remember to use. Do some searches on Tips and Tricks for Windows 10 File Explorer.
If you want to use Everything be sure to disable native Indexing. But why?

Hello JDP, I have found this occasionally (that is, Everything not displaying a file that I knew existed), but in most of those cases I found that I had inadvertently switched on by unintentionally clicking (or left on from a previous search) a filter such as "Match Case" or "Match Path" which thereby caused some files not to be displayed.

Tony Austin, Nah, this was happening with no active filters. I briefly tried to work out why before just binning it as not fit for purpose as a search tool. I'd rather wait the few extra seconds for Windows search and know I've got ALL the files I searched for.

Tony Austin, I've used EVERYTHING for years and not only does it work great, but the author was always responsive to my questions. Not sure what RECENT ACCESS has over it but it better be good for me to give up on EVERYTHING.

I have about 10 TB of files on my system, across two SSDs and five spinning disks. It would be extremely helpful if today's giveaway enabled you to filter which drive(s) for which it is displaying results.

For example, I use Acronis to do a system image backup (C: drive) every day. The daily backup has grown to be about 90 TB, but occasionally it jumps in size by an unexpected amount. In this case I'd like Advanced Recent Access to show me what has changed only on the C: drive (ignoring all the other drives for the moment), so that I can get to understand why the backup grew like this during the last day.

Have I overlooked such a capability in Advanced Recent Access? If not, please add it -- and then have another giveaway, of course!

Tony Austin, I'm just reading the comments to help me decide whether to download today's giveaway so I can't comment on it. But if I understand your question right, I suggest you check out Agent Ransack. You can run searches on multiple directories across multiple hard drives, or combos of drives and directories, even picking and choosing which subdirectories to include. Among other criteria, you can search by time/date created, modified, or accessed. You can save criteria, run multiple searches, export results. And it's free.

Sincere apologies to the devs for the derail. I hope to have a chance to come back and comment on the actual giveaway but the clock is ticking and that may not happen.

Tony Austin,
I used to use Everything, but have found UltraSearch is brilliant.
I detest indexing, so that is turned off in all of my PCs.
UltraSearch is very fast.
I just added a Date Accessed column, and sorted by that. And filtered to only .vbp files (Visual Basic Project files) that I have browsed or run today. It appears to have reliably listed all of them.
Rob

Try "Giveaway of the Day" because that is the usual name for license keys for software downloaded from this site.

Ketzel Afor, Thank you. That worked.

D Murphy... Some hours later...The spinner has gone the mouse pointer is normal but I still can't click on anything. Appears to be dead but...Task manager says it is using 45% of my CPU. Going to stop it with task manager (can't select close) and start again.. My last attempt. Pitty cause it looks like it might have been of use.

Just a note to all those people downvoting this guy- in addition to saying that he just installed the program, he is also thanking the developer. Not sure if everyone is catching that.

Raymond Peat, Thanks snake. As you point out, it picks up the NAS and external drive after *saving* a file. And refreshes itself almost immediately. So - a very handy program for me. I just need to investigate why it's running slowly in my case. It could be an anti-malware program interfering.

Mark Kieffer, it sounds like you lack the required registry entries, did you install the software with proper permissions? If i for example unpack the setup with a third party extractor and run it without installing, i get the same thing, that was me trying to see if it works in a kinda portable way without installing like some of their newer programs do but nope.

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Try setting

- your display resolution to recommended

-- and your display fonts to 100%.
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Michigan, I'm struggling with it myself at the moment but I have found that it was running in the "view hidden icons" at the left of the task bar and if you click on the icon the window will open.

D Murphy, Thanks for your reply, but in my case your suggestion doesn't work unfortunately

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[ Michigan ],

Try setting your display fonts to 100%.
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D Murphy, That would be the up arrow in the right hand side of the taskbar.

teo,

Quoted from the description above "Please note: Single License (1 PC) (Lifetime License WITHOUT Upgrades) is included in this version. Click here to get a VERY BIG discount price for other licenses with Lifetime Upgrades on the promotion day!"

It's a lifetime license as long as you don't update it. As for the giveaway not being "the spirit of the GiveawayOfTheDay", it is very much the spirit of GAOTD. Developers can "give away" their product/service to prospective customers, usually for a time period (1 yr and "lifetime with restrictions" being the most common). If you like a product/service you find on GAOTD then you should buy the program/service updates to support the developer(s).

Expecting to get someone else s hard work for free forever is just plain greedy and self-centered

SilverDragonSystems,
It would do you well not to insult the users of GOTD.

BTW I wouldn't download your software for free even for trial because there are too many freeware offerings for this type of software and because windows has it's own pool of RUP. I have software that monitors and deletes that info. It is a security risk to maintain such a list.

SilverDragonSystems, You are right and he is wrong that you give a lifetime licence and not one year.
But on your general comment, there is a difference between a free download (GAOTD) and a mere free trial. Many developers pretend not to see the difference.
The idea of GAOTD is that some of the downloaders will buy upgrades, or buy other products advertised by the developer, or give good advice on improvement, or report on bugs that can be fixed, and so on. Others are being offered something free, and it is not greedy to accept. If satisfied they may recommend the product to others who will have to pay, as the free offer only lasts one day.
Some developers are philanthropic, do not want money for their work but just to help others to enjoy what they enjoyed producing for themselves. But businesses do sometimes find it worthwhile to give something free, not to get something back from each receiver but from some.

teo @ #2: Your contribution is uncannily reminiscent of a recent poster here by name of 'William'. Perhaps you're related? The thought occurs that some software developer, somewhere, is going to make a good living out of a new though increasingly needed donationware offering: Troll Alerter Pro.

Laxative,

It's a shame, in the past, giveaways were lifetime-no-updates, as this program is.

Sadly, at some point in the past, not too far back, something changed. Nowadays most of them are Pro for a year or so, NOT complete giveaways. Dunno what happened.

(And just to be clear, this program seems a true giveaway- free full version that doesn't expire. Just no updates, which is common. And that's great, thanks!)

Laxative,

Yes there is a difference between "free trial" software and "giveaway" software. The biggest difference being that "giveaway" software, like those given here on GAOTD, is fully functional software with limited or no updates. "Free trial" software usually has much stricter limitations, such as limited functions compared to the "full" version(s) and program stoppage once the trial is over.

It's not greedy to grab free software when its offered and be glad there are no or minimal restrictions. After all, what better way to test the software to its fullest so you can decide if its the right software for you. It is greedy however to expect that the developer(s) should always give a full lifetime license for a product they're trying to make a living off of. And even those philanthropic developers appreciate when someone who uses their software donates/purchases upgrades. I work in open source software development and believe me, every $5.00 donation that our users give helps keep the equipment needed for development running.

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[ SilverDragonSystems ],

It's a COPY of someone else's work, and if I use it twice or 200 times in the next 2 years, that's not "forever", that's twice or 200 times in the next 2 years.

If it fails the next time I give it a try, I'm most probably NOT going to buy it.

If I am not a customer, then they have lost nothing, because ( a ) I was not going to buy it anyway, and ( b ) it's a COPY, and costs them nothing to let me test drive.

No real-world analogy holds up in the digital world, it's not like test-driving a car forever, it's testing a COPY of something that does not deny anyone else from also use their own COPY.

The business model of adding value to make sales is a well-established successful one.

The business model of reducing value to make sale is a well-established failure.
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SilverDragonSystems, Then the site should be rename to remove the word giveaway.