Search within File Explorer has long been a point of criticism, especially among power users, due to slow performance, unreliable results, and its reliance on properly configured indexing. Many users turn to third-party tools for more reliable file discovery, and a generative AI model capable of understanding search context could significantly improve the Windows experience.

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@volpeon the best modern file search tool to my experience is the one included in FreeCommander which does not need any AI models to be both faster, more accurate, and more generally useful than the one in Windows. It even has "search within files" functionality, for not much hit on performance at all.

We don't need this new technology to make something infinitely better than we have. It's already right there.

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