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. Pipy icon
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    Pipy is a free Windows utility designed to gradually improve one’s productivity during typical desktop tasks. It does so by combining a launcher and a desktop search tool within a single application.

    35 Pipy alternatives
    Launcher mode

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Pipy Features

    1.  Indexed search
    Discontinued

    The application seems to be no longer being developed. The latest version 1.1.0 was released on November 16, 2012. See: http://pipyapp.com/download/

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  2. FileSearchEX icon
     4 likes

    FileSearchEX is the no nonsense file search utility for Windows 7 and higher. It offers the simplified search interface like Windows XP yet in an updated and modern fashion. Unlike other search tools, FileSearchEX works well with limited account permissions.

    66 FileSearchEX alternatives
    The most natural way to locate files and folders on modern operating systems.

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    • Windows
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  3. Blink grep icon
     2 likes

    GUI of indexed grep for source code, files locator, search and replace. Switch differnt projects and start searching. Drag and drop of filenames to your favourite editor.

    35 Blink grep alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux

    Blink grep Features

    1.  File content indexing
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Code Search
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  4. Advanced Recent Access icon
     1 like

    Advanced Recent Access is designed to see more properties of your recent used resources (files and directories). Key features: can see more properties of the recent resources, such as path, size, type, date modified and date created. And more.

    261 Advanced Recent Access alternatives
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    • Windows
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  5. SSuite Desktop Search Engine icon
     3 likes

    SSuite Desktop Search is a useful and extremely fast windows desktop search engine that can find files, folders, and file content.

    63 SSuite Desktop Search Engine alternatives
    SSuite Desktop Search Engine screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    • Windows

    SSuite Desktop Search Engine Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Searches inside files for specified cont
    3.  Integrated Search
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  6. Cool Find icon
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    Cool Find is powerful file search & desktop search software for Windows XP, developed by Nihuo Software.

    49 Cool Find alternatives
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    • Windows

    Cool Find Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
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  7. BareGrep icon
     13 likes

    A free file finding and text searching tool:

    • Regular expression text search
    • High performance search algorithm
    • Wildcard and regular expression file search
    • Recursive directory search
    • Save, name and manage text search patterns
    • Interactive, incremental search
    • Ext.
    72 BareGrep alternatives
    Files to search can be specified using a list of wildcards or regular expressions

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BareGrep Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
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  8. Super Finder XT icon
     2 likes

    Replacement for Windows built-in search. Search files, folders and other data efficiently and easily.

    68 Super Finder XT alternatives
    Super Finder XT screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    • Windows

    Super Finder XT Features

    1.  Portable
    Super Finder XT iconEverything Icon

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    TheSearchMan is a free tool which searches your hard drives for files. It is:

    1. Blazingly fast. (Searches 50 GB drive in 1 second!)
    2. Small. (Just 35 KB download!)
    3. Multi-threaded. (Your computer never hangs!)
    4. Portable(which means No Installations Required!)
    5. Very simple.
    24 TheSearchMan alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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