Searches slow

Searches in the Name matching panel at the bottom have become very slow.

Hitherto I was getting search results in about a second.

Now, they are taking anything up to about 20 seconds, or more.

Windows 7, 8GB ram, ssd. I have done the standard tests for hard disk performance and ram performance and nothing comes up as unusual.

I have about 7,700 files, now, in the directory I most commonly search in; but, I also often do searches in multiple directories where the total number of files would be much greater (but the search time seems to be about as slow).

I only do searches on filenames (not "Containing text" searches). I would do anything up to about 40 searches a day, so it's a bit annoying.

I have a feeling that this is in fact a computer issue, but any thoughts welcome.

Make sure there isn't an invisible space in the Containing Text field or anything like that.

How long does the Properties dialog take to count the items in the folder you are searching? That should take a similar amount of time to doing a name-only search (assuming the search does not match thousands of files, which adds a bit more overhead).

can you show us the Find panel setup and results?

Leo,

I have sent a screenshot to your email as there are some confidential things on it.

What do you mean by the Properties dialog counting items? I can't see this anywhere.

When you right-click on any folder and choose Properties, it will display a count of items inside that folder and also get the total size (this is a Windows function, not DOpus).

Leo's intent was to have you roughly compare how long it took to populate the totaling-up of the folder size in the Properties dialog against how long it took to do the name-only search inside the same folder. If they took roughly the same time (10 seconds, for example), then the issue was relative to your system and not specific to DOpus. If, however, the Properties dialog finished totaling the sizes in a much shorter amount of time, then we would know it was DOpus specific.

[Note: I realize this discussion may have been finished via email, but I wanted to help close out a loose thread in case someone else had a similar question and found this post.]

@pgauld: If you are only searching for file and folder names, I recommend you try Everything http://www.voidtools.com/

This search program can find file and folder names instantly, even if you have millions of files and folders. If you don't know the exact name of what you're looking for, just a fragment, for example, Everything can find it. Once it creates its initial index, you don't have to manually update the index database, Everything tracks all changes made to all NTFS-formatted disk drives.

This is my 2nd favorite piece of software, Directory Opus being #1 (of course). The most current version is not actually listed on Everything's home page, but here's a direct link to the current (64-bit) version: voidtools.com/Everything-1.4.0.717b.x64.zip

I have to agree with @SomeYoungGuy. I use Everything many times every day. Its search capabilities are powerful and flexible and it is lightning fast. Once you have found what you are looking for it's easy to open the relevant folder in Opus via Open Path in Everything's context menu. The developer pays close attention to requests and bug reports on the support forums.

Regards, AB

[quote="aussieboykie"]I have to agree with @SomeYoungGuy. it's easy to open the relevant folder in Opus via Open Path in Everything's context menu. The developer pays close attention to requests and bug reports on the support forums.

Regards, AB[/quote]

You can set Everything to open the relevant path simply by double-clicking the folder's name under the Path column. No need to go through the extra steps of right-clicking on a file name to show the Open Path context menu, then clicking the "Open Path" entry. This setting is under Tools > Options > General > Results > Open path with double click in path column

Thanks SomeYoungGuy for the tip on Everything - quite a nice piece of software indeed. It will have its place; but Opus is also my favorite software and when it goes slow, so do I.

Just returning to the issue, I did some further testing - when I turn off "Search inside archives" it speeds up, I think pretty much to normal. I wouldn't have many archives in the areas I search - very few; but they all would have been there anyway before things started going slow.

Remember, I am searching on filenames only, not inside the files - I don't need to search inside the files.

Also, in Windows Explorer, if I right click on any folder, Windows Explorer always crashes.

Pick the bones out of that....