XSearch is a very powerful search tool for Windows
Hard disk prices have come down to rock bottom, owing to the consumption of digital data. Every computer contains hundreds of thousands of a variety of files, all across various locations. It is here that the user needs a good search utility. While the Search feature built into Windows is quite adequate, it needs the Indexing Service to perform at full capacity and speed. Another shortcoming of is lack of the ability to search for content inside files. XSearch overcomes all these limitations while serving up some great features.
Features
- Great search speeds, without Indexing Service.
- Portable. No need to install.
- Can search for keywords inside files.
- Lots of options for conditional searches, based on file size, attribute and timestamp.
- Integration with Explorer right-click menu. Can be turned off or on at any time.
- Results can be exported to plain text file.
- In-built Hex viewer.
Quick review – The good and the bad
You’ve looked at the feature set and probably jumped to the Download section already. For the curious, I’m writing a quick review and also a few screenshots after. XSearch was extremely quick in simple search, though it froze quite a lot when searching inside files. Also, it does not have an filter to search inside files of specific extensions. If searching inside files is very important for you, I’d recommend AstroGrep. XSearch has a very simple and intuitive UI, and isn’t very CPU or memory-intensive.
Screenshots
Download
Download XSearch
Available as direct download (EXE) as well as ZIP archive.
I will try this one… I’m using Everything from voidtools and it’s absolutely great (over most the alpha version) but the author seem he stopped developping it since 3 years… while it’s the best search tool on windows ever