Yes, I know, I’m still a little surprised myself. So it might seem surprising that I’m now announcing that FileLocator Pro v.8 supports indexing. These drawbacks include …”Īnd I go on to list resource issues, syncing issues, security issues and more. While indexing can certainly improve the speed of searches in certain circumstances there are many drawbacks. “No FileLocator Pro does not use file or content indexes and for very good reasons. In a FileLocator Pro QA “ Does FileLocator Pro create an index for searching?” I once answered: And double-clicking a file name opens it using the default program.It’s been a while coming but… FileLocator Pro 8.0 is now available for immediate download! Clicking a ‘+’ next to matching content displays the lines surrounding the match, a nice feature. Clicking one of those filenames displays matching content within that file on the right side without having open it.

Matching file name results display in the lower left, with details such as location, size and file creation time. On the other hand, regular expressions allow for more specific searches, but are correspondingly more difficult to construct. You’re likely familiar with DOS expressions, which use ‘*’ as a wildcard, for example, as well as the “and, or, not” qualifiers for Boolean searches.

The free version, Agent Ransack, would likely suffice for all but the most demanding data sleuths: This paid version is for the pros.Īvailable in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, FileLocator Pro’s basic user interface allows for using Boolean searches, DOS expressions, regular expressions or exact word matches to find particular file names and content within those files. MythicSoft’s FileLocator Pro ($40) offers extensive search tools for those who need to dig among a variety of file types and content to find one specific piece of data.

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