Comments on: Search Files in Windows Faster with Super Finder

By: Lost Worlds

Lost Worlds — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:44:17 +0000

I was happily using the free version of Copernic until it crashed. Now it finds nothing. Their tech support said to install the 3.1.0, which doesn’t work at all either — it still finds nothing. So I’m looking for a new desktop search. I need one that works with WordPerfect and Eudora, and will search for a word within the entire file, both long and short. I have thousands of both long and short files. I don’t need it to search the web. I’m running Windows XP. Someone recommended Super Finder, but I don’t like what I’m hearing about it slowing down processing in general. Also, it looks as though it doesn’t give much information about the files with the content, like when the file was made. Can anyone tell me whether Exalead can search Eudora and WordPerfect?– Lost Worlds

By: Multiple find and replace of content using Grep

Multiple find and replace of content using Grep — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:35:19 +0000

[...] have posted articles about searching for files and file content using Super Finder and Google Desktop. But what if you have a bunch of files wherein you want to actually [...]

By: 3 tools to quickly search Outlook email

3 tools to quickly search Outlook email — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:32:40 +0000

[...] written many times about searching for files in Windows using free software, but I’ve never really touched on how to search Outlook emails quickly. If [...]

By: akishore

akishore — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:16:20 +0000

Gururaj, I’ve heard about Windows 4.0 search, but hadn’t gotten a chance to try it out! Thanks for the info.

Nelson, good point. Window Indexing service does slow down the system significantly. I’ve had it turned off for a long time now since I use Google Desktop.

DoneThat2, haven’t heard of Locate32, will try that out also. Copernic is fast, but for some reason it does not index certain types of files which Google Desktop does.

By: DoneThat2

DoneThat2 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:36:17 +0000

I’ve been using Locate32 for the past 3 months and can attest it is extremely fast for file searches. For finding content within files & emails, I use Copernic. Both programs are free.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:42:20 +0000

if you use this search alternative on windows, you will be better off turning off the “allow indexing services to index this disk for fast file searching” on your hard drive.I have noticed this slow down your system very greatly.

By: Gururaj

Gururaj — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:03:31 +0000

MS has brought out a new utility to search files in Vista, which can be used in Windows XP too – this is very fast especially after it finishes the indexing. Check out Windows 4.0 Search Preview here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157