FileLocator Pro

from Mythicsoft Ltd

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~kdm I have tried this out, and this beats any of the competitors cold! You can search through every type of file and this program will find what you are looking for, period. Unlike many other search program (especially the Microsoft search) this is the greatest search program that I have tested, and I have tested many.

Feb 22 2010 at 4:34pm

Roger Thomasson This one looks great Kevin, I'll see what I can do!

-roger

Feb 23 2010 at 12:35am

ehab I have used multiple search tools, and only checked this now, i liked the commandline options and how to focus and expand the result, also the viewer.

i would like to see this on offer : )

Feb 23 2010 at 5:33am

Herneith I have this program and must say it is great, even for a novice!

Mar 6 2010 at 2:02pm

Mike G Microsoft Search has improved quite a bit, but still leaves some frustrating gaps--including lack of basic features like exporting search results to text or other file formats. I just discovered Agent Ransack, the freeware version of FileLocator Pro. I can only say, "Where have you been all my life?" If FileLocator Pro appears on Bits, I'll be standing in line to snap it up!

Jun 13 2010 at 9:33am

Mike G Actually there is another freeware version called FileLocator Lite. According to MythicSoft, FileLocator Lite and Agent Ransack are identical except the former has a more coporate friendly name. I'd still like to get the Pro version if it goes on sale...

Jun 17 2010 at 5:47pm

Mike G corporate

(hope we get the ability to edit posts someday) :)

Jun 17 2010 at 5:50pm

Richard Blake I'm seriously interested, too. Note liberal license policy:
http://www.mythicsoft.com...20Pro.ashx
* Can I install FileLocator Pro on my desktop PC and laptop
with a single license

The FileLocator Pro EULA states that: "A single user licence will license one copy of the SOFTWARE for USE on one MACHINE by a single user. It does not permit the USE of the SOFTWARE by anyone other than the named individual LICENSEE."

Since we understand that many people have more than one computer we do not mind if you install FileLocator Pro on up to three computers with a single license as long as you are the sole user of those computers (e.g. this exception does not apply to servers or shared computers).

Dec 3 2010 at 1:57pm

R A I would like to purchase this here too

Aug 4 2012 at 7:17pm

Mappi75 Would buy too!

May 12 2013 at 2:45am

TopDog This looks so much better than Microsoft search. It frustrates me that when I do a search and get a ton of results the path to each file is not displayed.

Jul 30 2013 at 12:05am

TopDog I could not wait any longer. I tried Copernic. It was slow, very slow and somewhat buggy, difficult to use. Then I tried X1 Search. I ended up buying X1. It is fast both in search and indexing the files. Does a great job and you can refine searches. The license is not as liberal as FileLocator Pro and it cost a little more but I was growing wearing of waiting and had become so frustrated with Windows search I had to find something.

I am very happy with X1. I think it is the best and cost was not as important as finding something that would suite me needs.

Sep 18 2013 at 9:49pm

peter anon i would buy this with the right deal

May 28 2014 at 4:18am

Remmert User I want a search result with the frequency of terms I am looking for, This program does it.

Aug 25 2016 at 1:59am

Evelyne User A great tool also for searching strings into zipped files :-)

Oct 20 2016 at 1:53pm

Justin Porter I'm interested

Aug 9 2017 at 11:04am

Benjamin User If you have a mac, you can buy Tembo which is great and cheaper. I discovered "FileLocator Pro" by looking on alternativeto.com, an alternative for "Tembo" on PC and I found this one among a lot of other software like "Copernic Desktop Search" which is also quite expansive....

Anyone tried "Copernic Desktop Search" could tell me which one is better ?

Aug 13 2017 at 1:07pm

Bernd User FileLocator Pro is the best I've found the last years.
* It has a very lot of search-filters
* It has a very good preview
* It searches each search at all wished locations. Thats better if I don't know if there are some altered files I'm looking for
* It is possible to create an index too...
* It' very better then lookeen, which is created for outlook and looks like...
* It's very better then Desktop Search I've use before

Dec 16 2017 at 8:59am

Krista User I love the customizability of the boolean searching - and of course .pst files takes the cake! I hate searching directly in Outlook! Thanks ;] Krista Stephenson

Apr 26 2018 at 12:46pm

David F Yes, I feel same way. I wish Mystic Software would provide FileLocator Pro for us BitsDuJour customers. I have ver 7.0, but I like supporting them. I know v8.x has come out, don't know what's in it. But, I like supporting Developers to let them know that people care & want them to continue Development.

So, yes, BDJ, please try to ask them to come onboard.

Thank you, DavidF

Mar 17 2021 at 11:14am

TopDog Update from my post of 2013. X1 has been on my computers since 2013. It was my go to. I still very much like how it works and how it displays results. However as of Windows 10 it became very slow in indexing. Apparently it does not update an index but seems to completely re-index each time it starts? If you have a ton of files like I do you can Imagine how annoying this can be. At any rate I am going to try File Locator Pro sometime this month. And although the interface does not look as simple to use as X1 I am hoping it is much faster.

Feb 5 at 1:19pm