How-To Geek Forums Topic: Search in Favorites??

How-To Geek Forums Topic: Search in Favorites?? http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Search in Favorites?? en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:19:29 +0000 The Geek on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-36689 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:55:38 +0000 The Geek 36689@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Yes, thanks for finding that for me =) BobJam on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-36686 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:33:05 +0000 BobJam 36686@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ That neat little utility ("DzSoft Favorites Search") I've been using . . . and it's been over a week now and still no glitches, no system slow down, etc. . . produces hits based on any word you can remember that's in either what you've named it or the URL. For example, a lot of us don't remember Gibson Research Corporation (GRC), but rather Steve Gibson. A search on either "Steve" or "Gibson" comes up with the GRC URL. Slick . . . And the free antivirus tool by McAfee named "STINGER" is another bookmark that I have. I've never used it myself, but have had times when I've wanted to give friends the URL (which is a lot more than just "Stinger"). But a search with DzSoft Favorites Search on just "Stinger" produces the URL. Cool . . . The Geek on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-35201 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:19:27 +0000 The Geek 35201@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ You know, you can search for your favorites right from the address bar... [edit] I just noticed, you can only search by typing in the first characters of the name itself... not nearly as useful as full text search. The Geek on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-35199 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:04:04 +0000 The Geek 35199@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Thanks... I'll have to write something about that, I bet a lot of people have the same problem. whs on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-35172 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:37:56 +0000 whs 35172@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Thanks BobJam, that sounds very good. I'll try it out. BobJam on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-35170 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:26:49 +0000 BobJam 35170@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Geek, AFAIK, Windows XP HE (which I use) does NOT have the capability that Vista has for Favorite searches. whs, I did indeed find a Favorites Search utility, and it's called "DzSoft Favorites Search" and can be found at <a href='http://www.dzsoft.com/favorites-search.html.'>http://www.dzsoft.com/favorites-search.html.</a> It's FREE, which makes it all the more satisfying. It installs as an IE7 add-on, and can be accessed through View>Explorer Bar. It's pretty slick. I've only had it for a day, but it does in fact do what it's advertised to do. You can see my review on CNET at <a href='http://www.download.com/DzSoft-Favorites-Search/3000-12773_4-10052071.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10651457.'>http://www.download.com/DzSoft-Favorites-Search/3000-12773_4-10052071.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10651457.</a> It's the one dated 16 July 2008, and I forgot to leave a screen name on it. I did find "Compass", but it has some bad reviews, plus it's a paid version now (was FREE when I had it). If I'm going to pay for something, I want it to be flawless. I'm a little more tolerant when it comes to FREE stuff. By the way, I haven't found any flaws in DzSoft Favorites Search yet. The Geek on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-35113 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:41:39 +0000 The Geek 35113@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Here's how to do it on Vista, at least: Open up your Favorites folder by browsing down to your user folder and then into Favorites. Paste the following into the search box on the upper right-hand corner, which will search for all bookmarks created in the last 108 years: date:>1/1/1900 Click the Save Search button, and save the file as something helpful like "Search Favorites". This should create a shortcut that you can open, which will display all of your favorites. Then you can simply search using the box in the upper right-hand corner. I should write this up. whs on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-35105 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:56:55 +0000 whs 35105@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ BobJam, if you find one, let me know. I have the same problem with over 1000 entries. Sometimes it takes me forever to find something because I do not remember the subject under which I have originally stored the bookmark. BobJam on "Search in Favorites??" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/search-in-favorites#post-35081 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:22:09 +0000 BobJam 35081@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Does anybody know of a search utility that's specific to searching in your IE Favorites for either a URL, a partial name, or whatever name you bookmarked it under?? Years ago I had one like that, but I was using Netscape, and I can't remember what it was called . . . "Compass" it was I think. It would be very useful because I have a lot of bookmarks, and I'm frequently going all through them looking for what I want. I do have then categorized, but sometimes the category I think I have it in it's not. For example, the other day I was looking for Steve Gibson's site, and I thought I had it in the "Troubleshooting" category, but I finally found it in my "Security" category.