Filehand Search 2.1 build 351

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  2.0 stars (out of 3 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  3,847

• Operating Systems:

  Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  November 09, 2004

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Filehand Search 2.0 Filehand Search 1.4 FILEhand Search 1.0

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Publisher's description of Filehand Search

From Filehand:

Filehand Search finds files on your computer the same way Google finds Web pages. You can search for Outlook e-mails and PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MP3, WordPerfect, HTML/MHT, and text files by content and by filename. The results are sorted by relevance. Filehand Search also displays text extracts of the files--even of PDF files--showing you the part of the file where your search term was found. The program has a dirt-simple user interface.

Version 2.1 build 351 features Outlook support and a simpler user interface.

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Editor's review of Filehand Search

• 3.0 stars

• "Filehand Search"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Filehand Search 2.1 build 351

This search program works more like an Internet search engine than the Windows search function, finding words within files. Filehand Search lets you specify folders and file types to index. It supports the most popular document formats, including DOC, RTF, TXT, PDF, and HTML. However, its media-search capabilities are limited to MP3 files. The program can't index EXE, ZIP, or image files. Indexing didn't take much time in our test. However, our major complaint is that you can't filter, sort, or save search results. If you need to find a particular document whose filename you have forgotten but whose content you remember, Filehand Search might be worth a try.

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• 1 stars

  Version: Filehand Search 2.1 build 351

  "It is not free"

  by Alistar33 on August 13, 2006

  Pros: Well I didn't test it out much because it wasn't free.

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• 1 stars

  Version: Filehand Search 2.1 build 351

  "need more features"

  on November 22, 2004

  Summary: I will not recommend this to others...

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• 5 stars

  Version: Filehand Search 2.1 build 351

  "Simple and fast"

  on November 12, 2004

  Summary: This is much better than Desktop Search from Google!

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