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  • Agent Ransack

  • Agent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack also displays the text found. Users can then quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!

    tags: context-menu-extension email-search file-management file-search outlook-search
  • RecentX

  • RecentX gives you fastest access to your files, folders, programs, websites and also clipboard history in Windows. What's special is that it automatically remembers your recent and favorite items so that you can access them faster than searching all the files, folders etc. You can assign tags to all of them. You will be surprised to see how much hassle it saves and makes computing really enjoyable. We have stuffed this app with innovations that will boost your productivity.

    tags: Portable app-launcher app-search application-launcher bookmark-manager
  • CerebroApp

  • Cerebro is an open source and free electron-based productivity software alternative to Alfred and Spotlight. It is focused on speed and good UI and UX. In most cases you don't even need to open another application, because you can see results right in Cerebro, like google maps, IMDV movies or contact details.

    tags: electron-based extensible launcher productivity-app productivity-tool
  • Lookeen Desktop Search

  • Lookeen Desktop Search is an indexed-based file and email search tool for business and private users. With Lookeen you will not only find the information you need on your desktop – shared folders and network paths can also be indexed and searched.

    tags: desktop-search document-automation email-search file-search indexed-search
  • FileSearchy

  • File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

    tags: Discontinued file-search local-search search-engine search-tool
  • Copernic Desktop Search

  • Instantly find files, e-mails, and attachments stored anywhere on your PC with the free Copernic Desktop Search Home.

    tags: desktop-search email-search file-search indexed-search outlook-search
  • Archivarius 3000

  • Archivarius 3000 is a full-featured application to search documents and e-mail on the desktop computer, your local network and removable drives (CD, DVD). The documents can be searched by content, the same as with Internet search engines.

    tags: desktop-search file-management file-search find-files indexed-search
  • Find Any File

  • Find Any File searches your local disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size, or type and creator code (not by content, though). As there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:Has a new hierarchical view of the found items, making it much easier to browse 100s of items.Can run as root user, finding really any file on your disk, even those that are hidden from normal users.Can save queries and run them again later.Is quite fast: About 10 times faster than EasyFind 4.0.1 when searching for a file name (Mac Pro with 2 million files, searching "httpd.conf": EasyFile: 150s, this app: 15s) »

    tags: file-search find-files finder
  • XSearch

  • XSearch is a free search tool that with more features that Windows Search didn't provided. It can search files on your computer in high speed. When searching for special words in files, you can specify the words option such as "Any of the words", "All of the words", "Exact phrase", "Without the words" etc, you also can search files in hexadecimal. XSearch also automatically supports to search words in files in Unicode or UTF8 format. XSearch supports to search for files in specified size, date time, not like Windows search, you also can specify the exact size (in bytes, KB, MB or GB), the exact date and/or time for searching. The search result can be saved to file and read back at any time as you want. XSearch provides a Hex View tool that allow you to view the contents of the file in hexadecimal. XSearch supports most of the file operations in Explorer such as Copy, Cut, Rename, Drag and drop etc. »

    tags: computer-files-search file-search local-files-search no-index search-computer
  • SwiftSearch

  • 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. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but because idleness detection is so difficult to get right, in practice they end up slowing down the whole system just to speed up search. SwiftSearch works differently: given administrator privileges, it completely bypasses the file system (only NTFS supported) and reads the file table directly every time, which speeds up search by many orders of magnitude. Typically searches yield full results in ~10 seconds or less, a significant speedup for many users. As a bonus, this program also supports path-based search (for example, you can search for "*Program*\Windows*"), regular expressions (just start the search name with '>' character), and full directory sizes. Its goal is to be simple, swift, and intuitive to use. »

    tags: file-management file-search find-files local-files-search mft
  • X1 Search

  • X1 offers next generation enterprise search, eDiscovery and desktop search for traditional and virtual environmentsX1 provides a single, unified interface through which you can quickly find, view and act upon your critical emails, files, SharePoint data, calendar, contacts and tasks. X1's award winning interface, including fast-as-you-type search and post search actions, was specifically architected to retrieve results in the way a business professional recollects information.

    tags: social-media search-tool enterprise collection sharepoint
  • Gaviri SearchOS

  • Gaviri SearchOS - Search Desktop, E-Mails, Network and Mobile Devices. The free version is not portable and cannot search in network folders. The universal search engine for all your desktop, mobile and network needs. Finding files, email, pictures, songs and other documents on any of the many devices, laptop or desktop you use is plug & play! Plug in the device and find. PocketSearch runs on flash drives, SD cards, digital cameras and on many other portable devices. Supports indexing and searching of network drives. »

    tags: Portable email-search file-search network-search outlook
  • Ava Find

  • Find InstantlySearch without delay.

    tags: Discontinued file-search find-files