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DocFetcher v1.1.20 Updated
billon on 15 Jun 2018 Change history
- 51MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 14 Jun 2018
- Suggested by vixay
DocFetcher indexes your computer, making the contents of a wide variety of files instantly searchable. Selecting a search result shows a preview of the file with text highlighted and without formatting. You can filter results by location, file type, minimum and/or maximum filesize and more. The program can index Microsoft Office, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, PDF, RTF, EPUB, HTML and more formats from drives, external volumes, archive files and Outlook .PST files.
Cross-platform and functional on OS X and Linux.
Note: DocFetcher requires that you add folders/drives that you want to view before searching. See the "Basic Usage" section of the homepage for a few intro steps. When adding to the search scope, make sure to check "Store relative paths if possible"
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| System Requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Java Runtime Environment 1.7 or higher, see forum for use with Java Portable |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Eclipse Public License |
| How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DocFetcher.exe. If you see a memory error (very rare): either reduce the size/number of files indexed, or do the following (64-bit users only):
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| Similar/alternative apps: | SearchMyFiles |
| What's new? |
See: http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/wiki/doku.php?id=changelog |
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webfork
on 2015-06-30 01:35
Tremendous search program that has saved me again and again, finding files and content that other programs miss. Each version seems to add to the pile of file formats it can index. As a result, it's on every machine I own and some I don't.
MoisheP
on 2018-06-17 01:13
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DocFetcher indexes many formats, such as LibreOffice documents, that Microsoft Search (aka Cortana) does not, or does incompletely. It also uses far less CPU time, once the initial indexing is completed, than MS. DocFetcher also runs on Linux. Results can be sorted by likelihood of match, as well as filename, type, date etc. Only downside is that it requires Java. |
SwiftSearch v7.1.3 Updated
billon on 6 Jun 2018 Change history
- 1MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 6 Jun 2018
- Suggested by infimum
SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. It completely bypasses the file system (only NTFS supported) and reads the file table directly every time, which speeds up search significantly. Program also supports path-based search, regular expressions and full directory sizes.
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| System Requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | None |
| Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | CC BY-NC 2.0 |
| How to extract: | Download SwiftSearch.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
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LookDisk v6.8 Updated
billon on 22 Apr 2018 Change history
- 9MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 25 Mar 2018
- Suggested by Crash
LookDisk is a fast and effective file, text, and duplicate search tool that supports searching with specific parameters. Includes support for searching archive files (e.g. .ZIP files). Displays a disk overview (size and free space).
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| System Requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application Folder |
| Stealth: ? | No. %WINDIR%\gridList |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ldw.exe. |
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SearchMyFiles v2.83 Updated
billon on 4 Apr 2018 Change history
- 150KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 3 Apr 2018
- Suggested by Onesimus Prime
SearchMyFiles is a powerful alternative to the standard Windows search. It allows you to easily find files by wildcard, last modified/created/last accessed time, file attributes, content (text or binary search), and file size. The program is non-indexing, meaning it searches the drive directly, which is often slower but more accurate.
Can also be used to detect duplicate files via the "Search Mode" drop-down box.
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| System Requirements: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SearchMyFiles.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Ultra File Search Lite |
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MIKLO
on 2018-04-06 14:57
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I have tried and used several search apps before and was not very impressed but as soon as I saw that this product was from NirSoft I knew I had to try it. NirSoft makes so many great apps that I use a lot, its difficult to say something new about them due to the fact that just about everything they make works great and is pretty awesome overall. One thing is 4sure the native Micro$oft search engine is close to worthless, so just about anything will be an improvement. |
Everything v1.4.1.895
billon on 9 Feb 2018 Change history
- 2MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 9 Feb 2018
- Suggested by Drutt
Everything is a powerful search tool that locates files and folders by file name instantly, and includes an FTP and Web server interface. It also can search files by their contents. Unlike Windows search, Everything initially displays all files and folders on your computer. You simply type in part of the desired file name to limit what files and folders are displayed instantly. The more you type, the more specific the list becomes.
Note that the instant-search capability only works on NTFS/ReFS-formatted drives and only uses file and folder names in a file index. The program can separately catalog non-NTFS/ReFS and network servers for searching on a schedule.
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| System Requirements: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package depending on your OS and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Everything.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | HDDB, Ultra File Search Lite, UltraSearch |
| What's new? |
Added:
See more about new features and changes here |
| Latest comments |
DeLe
on 2016-10-23 17:04
Everything has been released:
__philippe
on 2017-03-03 18:29
Beta alright...;-)
Nh
on 2017-04-29 18:41
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In case it does not remembers sort order, you have to edit 2 lines in Everything.ini: |
