Finally we have a new version of this handy (and free!) tool to search and open files on Windows. The author, cygwin@newSMTH, released version 1.3.1 today. The new version is more customizable and more user-friendly (see below for the change log).
I have used it (formerly known as "run.exe") for a long time. This tool is somewhat similar to the "locate" utility for Linux. Unlike those desktop search software (such as GDS), this tool indices the file names only, not the contents. Although it is less powerful, the advantage is obvious: it uses far less resource and runs much faster. With a good file/directory naming convention, it can quickly find what I want, almost immediately. That's why I like it a lot and I even used hoekey to bind it to the hotkey of Win+Shift+F for my PC. Actually I could have bind it to Win+F, as I seldom use the window "find", anyway.
More details about this tool can be found at http://www.newsmth.net/bbscon.php?bid=99&id=853498
[v1.3.1@2006-4-12]
+ tool tip to see long names.
* only 2 chars is needed for a background search when typing.
! fixed a problem: the folders can't be end with a backslash in exclude list.
[v1.3@2006-4-8]
+ win98 support
+ multi selection support
+ multi selection context menu support
+ multi selection drag&drop support
* improve full path search speed.
* database format changed!
* rename executable file