Start Menu->SearchGT->Search GTģ) Results of searching D: for *.jpg including sub-dirs, hidden and system folders (Default search options):įindOnClick 5.52s 29627 files (FYI, Default Install - launched by context menu on the drive in a DOpus lister, type in *.jpg and hit search.)īased on the results, I think I'll be sticking with FindOnClick - I have more chance of finding the file I want with the least effort. Result of the two above is that it takes more effort to use, ie.
FindonClick sounds even better (as you might imagine, I'm very rarely in Windows Explorer!) after your comments, but I'll have to think hard about whether to even try it or not - I"m not in the market for a search app and am not sure that I need any of the other applications that come with it for $30!Īll shortcuts were removed on my machine, QuickLaunch and (non-default) Startup menu location.īTW, I thought I'd give SearchGT a go since everyone seems to like it, ( Default install):ġ) Doesn't integrate to DOpus - I don't use Explorer at all.Ģ) Context menu in DOpus takes you to results, (of which there are none), not to search dialog, (which is anti-intuitive IMO).
In fact, FL Pro handles this kind of search much more quickly.Ĭurt, thank you for the quick review. Anyway, just did such a regular "title" search and it took 79 seconds on 80 GB of data (114,000 files in 9000 folders). However, I've never really been able to get it to work - all the hits that I get contain my search term in their titles and I KNOW that there are many thousands of files that contain the search term in their content but not in their titles. However, if you're taking BOTH into account, XYPlorer heads the list! It's quicker than FL Pro and DOES do file content searching. It's search feature is very fine, but I would rate it between SearchGT and FileLocator Pro based on speed AND based on feature set - the differences would be that if speed were determining the criteria, SearchGT would win, whereas on feature set FL Pro would win. But c'est la vie! Yes, I have a lifetime licence for XYPlorer and love it. I'm feeling quite embarrassed now (rather than being simply embarrassed). What is the currently best Desktop Search software?Īlso, the shortcut in Quick Launch was left behind. 3) It is not FindOnClick but FindOnDoubleclick 4) It is $30 Edited: seems to be $30 including: EncryptOnClick + DeleteOnClick + UndeleteOnClick + HashOnClick + PatchOnClick + ScrambleOnClick which all seems very cheap (read: "cheap" as in a fine deal, not as in cheap crap), but I don't think I want any of them.īut other than this it really is both fast and 'nice'.ĥ) During un-install I was asked this question I really hate to get: But a) you will have to name the link yourself if you are going to have more than one of the kind, and b) it is not a link to the result of the search but to a new search for the same criteria, ( some non-sense deleted). 2) FindOnClick can set a shortcut to the search you have performed. This is of course only a concern if the user already is inside Explorer. In most cases my search via GTSearch or QT will have ended before FindOnClick even have begun to search, because these apps are genuinely INTEGRATED. My problems with the program were: 1) that it is not "integrated" with Explorer other than in the context menu.