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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $29.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 80,630
- Downloads last week: 90
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 12 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on April 29, 2009
No matter what your operating system, your PC has its own search capabilities. However, Effective File Search kicks your file searches up a few notches by giving you more options.
The user interface could use a splash of color, but it's easy to navigate. It consists of three tabs (Main, Date and Size, Containing Text) that break down your search methods. You can find files using the three tab functionalities separately, or use them in unison to drill down into your searches. The Main tab let us conduct a search based on the file's name and folder. Considering the task at hand, the program quickly pulled up hundreds of files that met the criteria. From there, we were able to narrow down our search by entering specific date and size specifications. Again, the program quickly scanned and pulled matching files. Finally, we entered specific whole words that we wanted to include in the final scan, and the much narrower results included our test items. Menu options include copying and cutting files, moving them to specific folders, as well as deleting and renaming them.
Effective File Search offers a Help menu with search and index capabilities, and the 30-day trial period is ample time to learn how to navigate its interface and features. If you're looking for a more comprehensive file search program, we highly recommend this program.
Publisher's description
From SOW :Effective File Search lets you search for any file on your computer or local network. The program includes support for all popular file formats (MS Office, PDF, RTF, HTML, and other text and binary files). Search filters include date and size, as well as text or hexadecimal codes. You may use Boolean operators to perform multiple keyword searches. All results and parameters can be saved to a file. The application's other features include exporting, Windows Explorer functionality (icons, context menus, drag and drop), and file operations (copy, rename, delete).
Version 6.2 includes support of StarOffice Writer documents.
What's new in this version:
Version 6.2 includes support of StarOffice Writer documents.
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User reviews of Effective File Search 6.2
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Version: Effective File Search 6.2
"Works as advertised--very fast/effective!!"
Pros: This beats the heck out of Vista's native search. It's fast, effective and all I have to do is right click and there's an option to search in the context menu! It makes short work of finding what I'm looking for!
Cons: Haven't really found any drawbacks for this yet...other than haveing to pay for major version ujpgrades (ie: 5.1 to 6.2). However they do offer a discount.
Summary: This programme has ultimately replaced what passes for the Windows Vista "search" feature for me. This is far faster and more effective. It doesn't require indexing all the data on my drives (and as a 3d/graphical artist, there's a lot of files in m... read more >>
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Version: Effective File Search 6.2
"Very fast, Doesn't Require Indexing, No search text PDF"
Pros: Lightning Fast File Search
Doesn't Require IndexingCons: Won't search text within PDFs
Doesn't support Outlook EmailsSummary: I loved it and would buy if in a heart beat if they add ability to search PDF's and Email.
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