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Scope v1.0.0
Pre-release
Pre-release
First release of Scope, a native Windows search box.
Features
- Press Ctrl + Space (changeable) from any window to open the search box
- Results appear as you type; Up/Down to move, Enter to open, Esc to close
- Applications are listed first, with their real icons
- Files, folders and images show their own icons and previews
- Windows Store apps and Windows Settings pages are found too
- Reads the NTFS change journal, so new files appear within about a second
- Dashboard for the hotkey, light/dark theme and colours
- Optional "~" questions answered from Wikipedia, Google (Serper) or an AI model
Requirements
- Windows 10 or 11
- Run as administrator for fast indexing (without it, drives are scanned more slowly)
Download scope.exe below and run it. Settings and the log are kept in %AppData%\scope and %LocalAppData%\scope.