Using Windows Explorer to search your files you can exclude a particular sub-folder, using the -folder: directive. For example, to exclude the “Jazz” folder while you search your “Music” folder, write -folder:Jazz You can also search excluding all sub-folders, if you need to limit your operation to the current folder, impeding Windows from searching recursively. […]
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Even if you don’t use a specialized media manager such as MusicBee it’s easy to search your files using as keywords tag information. 1) Press F3 or click inside Windows Explorer’s search box. 2) Write the name of the tag you’d like to use in your search, followed by content. For example, to search for […]
Agent Ransack is a free and powerful application that will help you to locate on your PC files and information fast and easily. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack displays the text found. This way you will be able to browse the results without having to separately open each file. Features: Regular expressions […]
Everything is a free search program able to locate files and folders on your computer instantly. It’s a small but powerful application, easy to use and efficient, that will let you search your PC surprisingly fast. Features: Fast file indexing * Fast file and folder search * Ability to share files with others * Real […]
By default searching in Windows Explorer will give a list of files and folders. If you are after folders only, you can speed up your search and get clearer results by defining a filter. Press, as usually, F3 or click inside the search box at the right top corner of Windows Explorer. Do not write […]
“Everything” is a pc search engine, a local administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename. Unlike the native Windows search, “Everything” initially displays every file and folder on your computer (hence the name “Everything”). Typing a search filter limits the files and folders displayed. Features: Small installation file * Clean and simple user […]
When you search inside a folder and its subfolders from the search box that Windows Explorer provides in its top right corner, the results can be clicked, but their addresses are described as if the targets are located into the search results folder itself! If there is a folder included in your search results and […]
Nemo is a free program that inspects a current folder’s structure to generate a different view of your files. Documents, images and other files are mapped into a calendar-like view, familiar from Outlook or Google Calendar. This makes your files easier to find. Nemo wants to be for documents what Outlook is for calendars, an […]
Ultra File Search is a free (for personal use) search tool that will let you find quickly Files, Folders and Text on Local, Network, DVD, CD-ROM, USB Hard or Flash Drives. You can specify several File Masks and multiple Drives and/or Folders to search at the same time. Ultra File Search is able to sort […]
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Locate your files with MyFileFinder
MyFileFinder is a free program that can help you to search your computer for files. Once files are found that match your search criteria, you can select all or some using (shift or ctrl keys) to delete or copy them to your desktop or clipboard. You can also open the folder where they are located […]