Simply, it searches, it finds, it's easy to use. Matching file names display on the lower left, and clicking a listed file displays any matching content on the lower right without having to open the file, a nice plus. You have to know what you're searching for before you actually process the search and enter the terms in the containing text: field, too. It takes less than 3 minutes to build the index. It was slow, very slow and somewhat buggy, difficult to use. Agent Ransack comes to the rescue! The graphical user interface of UltraFileSearch Lite does resemble FileLocator Lite.
Sorry, never saw this response. Note: This software comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. If the search still runs out of memory then rather than crashing, as it did previously, it terminates the search. The colors and font adjustments can be customized or even switched off in the. FileLocator Lite and Pro, on the other hand, has a clean and simple magnifying glass that is readily associated with search functionality. On the other hand, regular expressions allow for creating much more extensive and precise searches, but they're about as intuitive as the U.
One reason I am a night owl. You can also search for text or even phrases in files from the Containing Text tab and configure to skip the search for certain files such as hidden, system, image, audio or video. Simply run the program, enter the file name, browse the location to search and click the Search button. Upon launching SearchMyFiles, you will find a search options window being presented together with the program. Despite receiving a steady trickle of minor and major updates, auto-update is not enabled by default.
The Pro version offers options for integrating into the Windows Shell, replacing the Control+F shortcut in the File Explorer with FileLocator. Didn't try those yet , with the resulting files. Optionally, there are additional search options such as file name options, file size, date time, and attributes that can help you complete the search operation much faster. Multi-phase change FileLocator Pro has always defaulted to a two phase search process, step 1 collect the file list, step 2 search the file list. It should be considered essential for anyone who work with large amounts of text or code.
Its well-written help file does a good job at explaining the program's features, and the app can save your carefully prepared search criteria or export its results. The shortcut is all messed up. Like in the Lite version, you can see the line numbers and contents from each file that matched your search. Before I found that I needed it Agent Ransack had the ability to search multiple, specified folders. This blog starts with step 1, create an index.
This thing will find files that Windows Search says are not there. I can even replace the regular Windows 8 search with Agent Ransack. For example, when you press Enter after entering a search query, the program will start to execute your search. FileLocator does a good job with its interface, but providing advanced search functionality brings with it a certain level of complexity that just has to be overcome for it to be useful. A small update didn't touch the code for almost a year :. This version depended on a search agent process installed on remote machines and could call upon them to conduct a search and submit the results over the network back to FileLocator.
Bernd User FileLocator Pro is the best I've found the last years. A kind of 'Help File for Dummies' would help! Other search programs will only go through files it assume the user is looking for. Most importantly you need to ensure that you use the correct version based on the Windows operating system. An official portable build of UltraFileSearch can be downloaded from their website. Something that works all day not just the first 5 minutes.
For example, the 64-bit Windows should preferably use the 64-bit build of SearchMyFiles and vice versa. Unlike FileLocator Lite, with Pro you can optionally cache some processed files and have subsequent searches of the same files execute faster. It put a file folder in Start8 but the folder is empty. Clicking the Start Search button will instantly search for the file based on the options. It is a major improvement over the earlier version which was excellent. To set the script up, run it once, quit it and then edit the corresponding. Happy was I to find Agent Ransack.
I am feeling stupid now and I hate it when an app does this to me. Use cases will of course vary greatly in this area. This entry was posted in , , on by. The two factors that should decide whether you choose Pro or Lite are the size of the dataset or the number of local and network drives you have, and whether you need to look inside compressed archives. As always my thanks go out to you, our customers. But although I'm enthusiastic about Agent Ransack at this early stage, one important facility seems missing, namely searching for folders. Been loving it for a long time now.