> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://nolongerset.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Everything You Need to Find Files - URL: https://nolongerset.com/everything-you-need-to-find-files/ - Published: 2021-02-12T20:10:17.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-08T13:06:24.000Z - Description: Or, should I say, You Need *Everything* to Find Files. - Author: Mike Wolfe - Tags: Tools, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59 A few months ago I was talking to fellow Access developer (and Autohotkey enthusiast!) [Ben Sacherich](https://twitter.com/BenSacheri). We had a great conversation about [Autohotkey](https://nolongerset.com/tag/autohotkey/) and other productivity tools. One of the tools Ben mentioned was the file search utility Everything from [voidtools](https://www.voidtools.com/). I didn't think much of it at the time, but I went ahead and installed the utility to play around with it. Here's the description of what the tool does from the official website: > Locate files and folders by name instantly. > > - Small installation file > - Clean and simple user interface > - Quick file indexing > - Quick searching > - Minimal resource usage > - Share files with others easily > - Real-time updating Let me tell you, when it says it "locates files and folders by name instantly," it means **instantly**. I should caveat this by pointing out that the two development machines I'm running it on each have 32 GB of RAM and SSDs. However, I think those specs probably only affect the initial file indexing. That said, the initial indexing was under 30 seconds for each machine. ## Using Everything I'm still only scratching the surface of what this utility is capable of, but it has completely changed my workflow already. I keep the app open and running at all times so I can easily access it. I usually keep the window set to sort files by most recently modified. When I'm looking for a recent file, I type in the file extension and the file I'm looking for is immediately shown. The utility supports drag and drop of the file itself, so that's what I use to attach documents to emails, files to my FogBugz bug database events, or just to move files around the file system via File Explorer windows. ### Keyboard Shortcuts Here are a couple of keyboard shortcuts that I have found most useful so far. Again, I'm a novice with the tool, so these are just to get you going: - **Ctl + Enter**: open the highlighted file in a new File Explorer window - **Ctl + Shift + C**: copy the full path of the file to the clipboard ### Installing Everything You can get the installer directly from the main website: Alternatively, you can use the Windows "package manager," [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/): ``` chocolatey install everything ``` ### How do *you* use it? If you're already using Everything, what are your favorite tips and tricks? Let me know on Twitter ([@nolongerset](twitter.com/nolongerset)) or send me an email (mike at nolongerset.com).