Just a quick shout-out to a good free app I use a lot: Wiztree. Windows Explorer is slow and janky. The search function is nigh useless. Wiztree just reads your master file table (super fast) and lets you view a parseable graphical map of everything on your PC and search through files instantly. - ThreadSky

dominictarason.com • 2 days ago

Just a quick shout-out to a good free app I use a lot: Wiztree.

Windows Explorer is slow and janky. The search function is nigh useless.

Wiztree just reads your master file table (super fast) and lets you view a parseable graphical map of everything on your PC and search through files instantly.

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writingongames.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is an absolute LIFESAVER. Thank you very much for the recommendation.

dominictarason.com•2 days ago

It and Playnite are probably my two most used apps. One for tracking everyone on my PC, one for tracking everything that I own aross digital platforms.

faustmarcel.bsky.social•1 day ago

You mentioned playnite that often so I caved and gave it a try. So far, I’m loving it. Any recommendations for add-ons? I already connected success story but man, downloading the plugins for 5k games takes a while :D

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

The one that's a must-have for me is Duplicate Hider. Lets you set which is your preferred stores and if you own a game on multiple, it tags everything below your preferred one as hidden. Beyond that, not sure if it's standard now but the Game Pass Catalogue Browser is good too.

faustmarcel.bsky.social•1 day ago

I did play around with it a bit more and found it rather slow once Playnite has to deal with my whole library of games. Not that Steam is fast in any way but it comes with CoL out of the box. For now I settled on keeping Steam with Steam and giving both, Playnite and Heroic a chance for the rest.

faustmarcel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Does that mean you’re only using it as a mapping tool but still play your games via Steam etc? I think I’ll miss the Steam view when it comes to screenshots, that’s why I only connected all the other stores so far.

jessehodson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fascinating! I'll have to check that out!
You ever try spacemonger? It shows everything as nested boxes, relative to their size! Been carrying a copy around for like, 25+ years, still use it often!

dominictarason.com•2 days ago

There's a lot of visual map apps but Wiztree's main advantage is that it works FAST. Like I said, 13tb of stuff across five drives (two of which were traditional HDDs) itemized in 5 seconds.

jessehodson.bsky.social•1 day ago

That is buck wild. Definitely gotta check it out!

matesrsen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wiztree does this as well, though it doesn't look quite as elegant imo.

broligarchyboycott.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is it open source?

bodegainc.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think most dogs have a favourite wiztree.

jinoru.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks. Forgot the name of it the last time on twitter you recced it.

dominictarason.com•2 days ago

Pro Tip: Use 'Select Multiple' in the top-left dropdown to have it scan multiple drives or your whole PC.

It took exactly 5 seconds for it to map 13 TERABYTES of stuff (much of it on old plate-spinner drives) and make it into a visible map.

fenneczephyr.bsky.social•2 days ago

YOU CAN WHAT

rosemultiverse.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

dana444.bsky.social•1 day ago

also a vote for 'Everything' by void tools as the best instant search your entire computer app.

fishladyabs.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

zer0knight.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hell yeah, WizTree is great. For those on Linux, you can use KDirStat. Also, I once again have to mention "Everything", which is a game changer for searching for files on Windows.

https://bsky.app/profile/zer0knight.bsky.social/post/3kx4flld65g25

shirobloo.bsky.social•2 days ago

I dual boot ans the search is already so much faster on Ubuntu. What benefits does it offer?

tuzi.iffy.xyz•1 day ago

Who the hell dualboots just to find a file

shirobloo.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I think you misunderstood. I have W11 for Teams meetings, and Ubuntu for the rest. I was just curious what else the software offers on Linux, as the search there is already pretty snappy.

tuzi.iffy.xyz•19 hours ago

oh in that case does the online client not work? https://teams.microsoft.com?

shirobloo.bsky.social•1 hour ago

It works, but the one on Windows was better when I tried it last time. Maybe it's fixed now but I just keep Windows as a work partition anyway, prevents personal files from popping up in recent etc

dominictarason.com•2 days ago

I dunno?