Order Instead of Chaos – For Better Search Results

Spring is just around the corner, and many of us use this time to really tidy up at home. Why not do the same on your computer? Find out here which tricks you can use to clean up your hard drive and how spring cleaning also leads to better results in desktop search.

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Here’s how you can find important files on your desktop faster!

1. Clean up software: Trial versions, free downloads – haven’t we all quickly grabbed them just to forget about the program after a very short time? Abandoned software clutters our hard drive and slows down the PC even during desktop search. Uninstall all unnecessary programs and make room for what’s useful.
2. Delete drafts: The unfinished vacation report, the never-used Excel sheet for monthly expenses: Files that are no longer needed can be safely found on any of our computers. Maybe it’s time to let go?
3. Delete reference files: Some reports and projects are truly important and of course they need to stay on the computer. But what about all the source files, data collections, and Excel lists that were created for them? Everything that is already contained in the actual report can now be sorted out.
4. Add metadata to images: Documents are usually easy to find based on their content and titles. But what about images? Especially in companies that use many graphics, it pays off to add metadata to these images. This makes desktop search even better.
5. Move documents to the correct folders: Sounds logical enough? In reality, many employees prefer to save their files on the desktop or simply leave them in their user folder. It’s impractical when other people need to access them. So it pays off to move every file to its proper place.

With these measures, you will effectively speed up your PC during searches; at the same time, the structure set up this so way ensures that fewer files get lost in subfolders in the future. Those who lack the patience for tedious organizing can also switch their desktop search. Our professional desktop search Lookeen 10 finds files even in full archives in just a few seconds.