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About Listary

Listary is an excellent find-as-you-type search utility that makes searching items in large unmanageable lists of Windows applications a breeze. Items in Windows Explorer, Task Manager, Registry Editor, Windows Desktop, file Open/Save dialogs and numerous other components and third-party applications can be found instantaneously with this free utility that allows you to type any part of the item name to be searched.

Listary is packed with additional features like text editing, which allows you to edit text anywhere including web browsers with your favorite text editor like Vim simply by pressing a hot key.

Listary is a free Windows search utility for Windows XP

Features

Smart Search
Smart Search for Windows Explorer, Windows XP
Find-as-you-type search list that narrows down real-time as you type any part of item name.
Wildcards
Wildcards - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Find-as-you-type search using wildcards like '*' and '?' in the traditional way.
Shortcut to command mode
Shortcut to command mode - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Simply type /cmd to enter command line window in the directory you are presently in.
Export list content
Export list content - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Export any list of items in any application/program to a CVS file viewable in Excel.
Favorite folders
Favorite folders - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Add to favorite folders list and switch to any favorite folder in a flash.
Hotkey
Hotkey - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Press only Windows+W to start Listary. Customize shortcuts to select items from large lists.
Nifty UI
Nifty UI - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Neat tool sitting in system tray, showing only a search bar that disappears upon 'Esc'.
Traditional search
Traditional search - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Find-as-you-type search list that narrows down real-time as you type item name in exact order.
Text Editing
Text editing - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Edit text anywhere with your favorite text editor.
Auto-complete
Auto-complete - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
Predicts what you want to type and auto-completes the search-string with just a few tabs.
Regular expressions
Regular expressions - Windows Explorer search, Windows XP search
'Regex': Powerful, flexible advanced search method for matching strings of text.