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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 13, 2009
- Total Downloads: 98,135
- Downloads last week: 268
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 133 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo aren't the only ones bringing more search power to consumer desktops. Copernic's Desktop Search tool makes it fast and easy to find documents, e-mails, and other files on local drives. Like other desktop search tools, it creates a searchable index of all the data on a computer's drives, and updates it every time a file is added, removed, or modified.
A left-side search column allows simple keyword queries and more refined searches based on file size, date, file type, or folder. Easy-to-read icons at the top of the screen let you limit searches by category, such as stored HTML pages, e-mail, and videos. The program is lightning-quick, displaying results as fast as you can type.
We especially like the Copernic Deskbar, a search window that appears in the Windows Taskbar and makes quick queries very handy. However, we would like an image viewer, and we wish the application's PowerPoint viewer could display graphics. Copernic comes with optional search toolbars for Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Overall, Copernic offers an efficient way to search your PC, especially for multiple or large hard drives.
Publisher's description
From Copernic :Copernic Desktop Search Home allows individuals to instantly search their files, e-mails, and e-mail attachments stored anywhere on their PC's hard drive. The application executes subsecond searching of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, Acrobat PDFs, multimedia.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.2.1.8 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 133 votes
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Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
Pros: Able to search find most files easily
Cons: Does not automatically search as you type
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Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
"I use it at home and bought the pro edition for work."
Pros: Fast, works as as service (in the background), easier to use than Google's desktop search.
Cons: If you rename a file using Windows Explorer the indexing may not pick that up. Have it re-build the index from time to time to overcome this.
Summary: Very useful.
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Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
Pros: It's fast, easy and accurate
Cons: None that I've found
Summary: A fantastic product and around $500 cheaper than the next best ... ISYS Query
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Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
Pros: No comment
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