Everything Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Everything for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Listary, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Everything and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Everything are Agent Ransack, DocFetcher, Recoll and UltraSearch.

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"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 removable...

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Everything alternatives page was last updated Feb 16, 2022
  1. Direct Folders icon
     28 likes

    Access your folders from anywhere.

    108 Direct Folders alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Quick Switch
    3.  Folders
    Direct Folders iconEverything Icon

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  2. DeskRule icon
     2 likes

    Wherever you have files DeskRule can locate them. Search your hard disk, but also in mobile phones and cameras, zipfolders, FTP, OneDrive and all the other virtual shell folders.

    75 DeskRule alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Built-in viewer
    6.  Search-in-files
    7.  Support for regular expressions
    DeskRule iconEverything Icon

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  3. Wise JetSearch icon
     3 likes

    Wise JetSearch can help you search files or folders on all your local drives in just a few seconds. Input your keywords, select the drive and then start to search. After searching, Wise JetSearch will show you the searching results such as file/folder name, path, size and last...

    62 Wise JetSearch alternatives
    Wise JetSearch screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Wise JetSearch Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Fast file and folder search
    Wise JetSearch iconEverything Icon

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  4. CSearcher icon
     5 likes

    CSearcher is a simple and fast free non-indexing search program.

    Searching computer files and folders is rather common for every PC user daily. Using standard Windows Explorer solution for this has many disavantages: it's slow, uses lots of RAM and many times it does not fin.

    82 CSearcher alternatives
    Windows Explorer integration

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Search History
    5.  Non-Indexing search
    6.  Export to HTML
    7.  Export to XML
    8.  Export to CSV
    Discontinued

    This software hasn't been updated since October 2018.

    CSearcher iconEverything Icon

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  5. FileSearchy icon
     37 likes

    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.

    72 FileSearchy alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FileSearchy Features

    1.  Local Search
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks

    FileSearchy iconEverything Icon

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  6. Ultra File Search icon
     6 likes

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

    74 Ultra File Search alternatives
    Ultra File Search screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Ultra File Search Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Non-Indexing search
    3.  Network Scanner
    Ultra File Search iconEverything Icon

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  7. Quick Search (Glary Soft) icon
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    Quick Search is a free local search tool to help users quickly locate files or folders instantly by key words. It is a much faster and easy-to-use alternative to Windows Search. It searches initially when you enter key letters and displays real-time searching results.

    3 Quick Search (Glary Soft) alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Quick Search (Glary Soft) iconEverything Icon

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  8. Exalead Desktop Search icon
     1 like

    Exalead Desktop Search Instantly locates any document stored on local resources like internal and external hard drives, network drives and USB keys .

    60 Exalead Desktop Search alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Exalead Desktop Search Features

    1.  Search-in-files
    Exalead Desktop Search iconEverything Icon

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  9. Advanced File Finder icon
     1 like

    Generate file list of all files with specific name pattern, extension, properties and attributes, as well as text and binary content by recursively scanning specified directories and searching for matching files. Copy and rename found files.

    45 Advanced File Finder alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Advanced File Finder Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Batch processing
    3.  Search-in-files
    Advanced File Finder iconEverything Icon

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