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Searchmonkey

Open Source by Embedded IQ Ltd

A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories. Written in Gtk2 it is highly portable, and as well as running on Linux, ports are available on FreeBSD, or even Windows and MacOS. More info »




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    Lookeen

    Commercial by Axonic GmbH | Windows

    Lookeen is an add-in application for Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007. The search tool is seamlessly integrated in your Outlook and will search everywhere in your Outlook data. Price 34.90 €, free 14-day Trial. Central ...


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    Everything

    Free by Voidtools | Windows

    "Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on local or removab ...


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    Google Desktop

    Free by Google | MacWindowsLinux

    The power of Google on your desktop. Hit ctrl twice and you are ready for a full Google search of you hard drive and networked drives you may have. Indispensable if you need to find files quickly... the price doesn't h ...


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    Locate32

    Free by Janne Huttunen | Windows

    Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information abou ...


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    Agent Ransack

    Free by Mythicsoft Ltd | Windows

    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 result ...


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    FileSeek

    Free by Binary Fortress Software | Windows

    FileSeek is a lightning fast, small and easy to use file searching application for Windows. It can even be integrated right into the Windows Explorer right-click menu to provide quick and easy access. FileSeek doesn’t us ...


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    Find Any File

    Free by Thomas Tempelmann | Mac

    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 sp ...


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    PowerGREP

    Commercial by Just great software | Windows

    Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network using powerful text patterns to find exactly the information you want. Search and replace with plain text or regular expressions to maintain web sites, ...


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    Copernic Desktop Search Home

    Free with limited functionality  | Windows

    Instantly find files, e-mails, and attachments stored anywhere on your PC with the free Copernic Desktop Search Home. Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) enables you to instantly search files, e-mails, and e-mail attachments ...


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    CDFinder

    Free with limited functionality by West-Forest-Systems | Mac

    CDFinder is a powerful and very fast disk cataloging tool, reading metadata like EXIF, IPTC, JPG, TIFF, MP3, AAC (iTunes)


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    XSearch

    Free  | Windows

    XSearch is a free search tool that with more features that Windows Search didnt provided. It can search files on your computer in high speed. When searching for special words in files, you can specify the words option su ...


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    HoudahSpot

    Commercial by Houdah Software | Mac

    HoudahSpot - Your files at your fingertips. HoudahSpot is the frontend most Spotlight users dont know theyre missing. HoudahSpot is a file search tool based on Apples Spotlight technology. It enables users to quickly ...


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    PRGrep

    Free by PRGrep | Windows

    PRGrep is a powerful program to search strings inside files. Rather than showing a file list, the matching lines of text inside each file are also displayed. PRGrep has moreover a lot of interesting functions as search i ...


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    AstroGrep

    Open Source  | Windows

    AstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility. Features include regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature which is very nice ...


  • Ultra File Search

    Free for personal use by Stegisoft | Windows

    Ultra File Search is a Search Utility which is able to find quickly Files, Folders and Text on your Local, Network, DVD, CD-ROM, USB Hard or Flash Drives.


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