Folder Scout 1.2.212

• License:

  Free to try; $19.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.5 stars (out of 2 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  2,407

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP

• Additional Requirements:

  No additional requirements

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  March 26, 2009

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Folder Scout 1.1.211 Folder Scout 1.1.1 Folder Scout 1.1 Folder Scout 1.1.210 Folder Scout 1.0 Folder Scout 1 Folder Scout 1 build 206 beta 2

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Publisher's description of Folder Scout

Jump to your folders instantly. Folder Scout has been designed to let you manage your Folders and Files with ease. It will be very helpful in retrieving your folders. With its Predictive Search Engine, browsing and finding your computer folders will be child's play! A powerful tool to manage your folder and files Use a powerful tool to easily manage all your folders. Avoids everyday tedious folder tree navigation and searches, allowing you to focus on just your important tasks. Thanks to its high speed predictive search engine you can access any folder on your computer just by typing a few letters of its name. With one click you'll be able to jump to your Favorite Folders, Recent Folders and Recent Documents.

Version 1.2.212 allows Drive Panel (Root Folder Quick Jump) to be collapsed to free space on results area.

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Editor's review of Folder Scout

• 3.5 stars

• "No new features"

• Reviewed by: CNET staff
• Reviewed on: April 30, 2009
• Version reviewed: Folder Scout 1.2.212

Folder Scout promises to help users eliminate tedious, confusing searches through folder trees to locate a specific document. However, some users may find this program's structure to be a larger obstacle than the trees it aims to replace.

This program presents its interface in a puzzling fashion. The display is broken into three pieces: the top being a Root Folder Quick Jump; the middle a selection of four tabs allowing users to seek folders as a disk tree, Favorites, Recent Folders, and Recent Docs; and the bottom being reserved for a standard search feature. Each option offers a different way of finding folders. The end result was normally a list of files and subfolders attached to each. We found that the simplest way to locate items was by using the standard search function, which takes a key word or words and skims the hard drive.

Folder Scout lists folders and files as it claims, but doesn't differentiate itself from the traditional file tree enough. Most search results, no matter which of the three methods one uses, result in something that looks an awful lot like a file tree itself. On top of this, by showing the three different search methods at once, users may be confused as to whether they are used individually or in conjunction with one another.

Overall, this 30-day trial doesn't live up to its promises of making file trees obsolete. We can't recommend a program that could potentially be harder to use than the built-in Windows Explorer search tool, especially since it doesn't offer that much more in return.

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