- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: October 13, 2009
- Total Downloads: 102,879
- Downloads last week: 285
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 142 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 142 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
"Expected more from this software"
Pros: Nice interface.
Cons: Slow response. Always tried to connect to a remote IP. Could be spying? I hate software that connects remotely and in this case there is no reason why it should connect remotely. Bulky software.
Summary: The only thing I liked about the this program was it's nice interface design. Then again, it's not the interface I was hoping that would stand out. The reponse of the software somehow was taking a few seconds longer than expected for an already inde... read more >>
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
"Older version has more features"
Pros: It is quick. It was once much better than Windows Destop Search but not any longer.
Cons: Over the last few years, Copernic has removed features from the free version to make the paid version more appealing.
Still 32-bit only and not certified for Windows 7.
Will not search SharePoint.Summary: Install the older version 2.x to get the most featues. I have used Copernic for over 5 years and not impressed at all with the versions after 2.x. The developers have failed to improve the program. It should be able to search SharePoint by now.
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Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
Pros: none pity i cant give it zero stars
Cons: Did several searches and it found nothing
Summary: wouldn't recommend it to anyone
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
"Links secretly to PHISHING WEBSITE"
Pros: Good search
Cons: My Kaspersky detected - Copernic Desktop Search - Home belonging tp group "trusted" is trying to access the web page, used to steal passwords, credit card numbers or other confidential data. http://counters.freelotto.com/crossdomain.xml
Summary: Not sure if Copernic was paid by the PHISHING website http://counters.freelotto.com/crossdomain.xml
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Version: Copernic Desktop Search Home 3.2.1.8
"Beats the snot out of Vista's search."
Pros: It has a category search with even more options than XP' had, and far more than the impotent Vista version!
Fast too!Cons: Ads at the bottom half of the screen. But seeing it's free I understand it.
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