netquick
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Storage queries run in the background with cancellation and covering indexes so switching views no longer freezes the UI. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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# Explorer Workbench
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Working name for a Windows file manager with **persistent memory**: live Explorer browsing plus a SQLite index for search, folder sizes, offline media and storage analysis.
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Mental model:
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> Open Explorer → see files → manage files → search immediately → analyze storage.
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The index is infrastructure. You never need to know about SQLite, FTS or change journals to use the app.
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## Requirements
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- Windows 10 version 1809 or later, or Windows 11
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- [.NET 10 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download) (this repo pins `10.0.301` in `global.json`)
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- No administrator privileges required
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## Build
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```powershell
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dotnet build Explorer.slnx -c Release
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```
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## Run
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```powershell
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dotnet run --project src/Explorer.App -c Release
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```
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The executable is `src/Explorer.App/bin/Release/net10.0-windows/Explorer.App.exe`.
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## Tests
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```powershell
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dotnet test Explorer.slnx -c Release
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```
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## Architecture overview
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Modular monolith (see `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`):
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| Project | Role |
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| `Explorer.App` | WPF shell, themes, composition |
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| `Explorer.Presentation` | ViewModels (no WPF types) |
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| `Explorer.Application` | Use-cases (browse, sources) |
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| `Explorer.Domain` | Entities, identity, excludes |
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| `Explorer.Indexing` | Full scan, folder reconcile, USN apply, watchers |
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| `Explorer.Search` | Structured `SearchQuery` → index |
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| `Explorer.Analysis` | Top-N, types, duplicates, history rollups |
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| `Explorer.FileOperations` | Transfer queue, copy/move/delete |
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| `Explorer.Storage.Sqlite` | Schema, WAL, FTS5 |
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| `Explorer.Windows` | Volumes, USN, Recycle Bin, `CopyFileEx` |
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Listing is **hybrid**: the open folder always comes from the live filesystem when the location is online. Folder sizes, search, analysis and offline media come from the index.
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## Database location
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`%LocalAppData%\ExplorerWorkbench\index.db`
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Never stored beside the executable.
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## Logging location
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`%LocalAppData%\ExplorerWorkbench\logs\explorer-YYYYMMDD.log`
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## Indexing behavior
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- Browsing local drives works immediately with an empty index.
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- Initial indexing is **user-triggered** (banner **Build index** or the toolbar **Index** button).
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- Scans run in the background, write in batches, skip inaccessible paths, and can be cancelled.
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- Local NTFS volumes use the USN change journal when the process can open it; otherwise folder reconcile + `FileSystemWatcher` (best effort; overflow marks the location as possibly out of date).
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- SMB/UNC paths are added manually (address bar or **Add network**). The Windows Network neighborhood is not enumerated.
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- Default excludes include `C:\Windows`, recycle bins, `node_modules`, `.git`, and similar.
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## Keyboard shortcuts
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| Shortcut | Action |
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|---|---|
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| `Alt+Left` / `Back` | Back |
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| `Alt+Right` | Forward |
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| `Alt+Up` | Up |
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| `F5` | Refresh |
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| `Enter` | Open |
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| `F2` | Rename |
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| `Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+X` / `Ctrl+V` | Copy / Cut / Paste |
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| `Delete` | Delete to Recycle Bin |
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| `Ctrl+T` | New tab |
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| `Ctrl+W` | Close tab |
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Drag and drop copies by default; hold `Shift` to move.
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## Known limitations
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- Product name `Explorer` is temporary; app data uses `ExplorerWorkbench`.
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- UI strings are English in this build; resource structure can take German later.
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- Everything-like search syntax is not implemented; name/glob plus size/type/date filters are.
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- USN requires privileges Windows does not grant to a normal desktop process on many volumes — fallback is used then.
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- Duplicate hashing is staged (size → partial hash → full hash only when partial hashes still collide) and runs in the background; confirmed groups appear after hashing finishes.
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- No treemap, no document full-text, no cloud providers, no installer/MSIX in this run.
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- Very large folders rely on WPF virtualization; search results are paged (500, hard cap 10 000).
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- `mmap_size` is not applied; it caused unreliable native SQLite startup under concurrent test hosts.
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- UI chrome is English; German `.resx` files are not wired through every control in this run.
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## License
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Use as a private/local project unless otherwise specified.
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