Desktop search

List of desktop search software

full text and filename search

• Ava Find
• Copernic: Software to search, find, and manage information
• DocFetcher (經常找不到文件嗎？試試免費的跨平台桌面搜尋工具：DocFetcher | 簡睿隨筆@新世界)
• Windows Desktop Home Page (formerly known as MSN desktop search)
• Vista Glance
  • Windows Desktop Search Add-ins
  • Toolbar Help : List of searchable file types
• X1® Professional Client(formerly Yahoo! Desktop Search)
• $ Examine32 Text Search(30 days trial)
• $ Openfind Enterprise Search 企業搜尋軟體 (30 days trial)
• not available to download Google 桌面搜索(EN, 简体) - 多文件的內文搜尋

file name or folder name search

• Everything Search Engine(official wiki)
  • 搜尋: 支援輸入部分字串 ，輸入 studi* 可以找到 studio ，詳Searching。
  • 可當server
  • 教學: 如何讓 Everything 從遠端電腦搜尋下載本機檔案？並整合到 Firefox 搜尋列？ | 電腦玩物, Everything - 最快的檔名搜尋工具 @ Nelson 不知不覺升上國二了
• Locate32: 搜尋範圍(1)資料夾名稱 與 (2)檔案名稱
• Listary - Free Search Utility | Windows Explorer Search | Text Editing
  • 快速方便的檔案名稱篩選器–Listary，幫你立刻找出想要的檔案！ - ㊣軟體玩家
• Where Is It? - "Catalog your media collection, use descriptions, thumbnails and categories, find files or disks you need"

quick file search filter

• Press Ctrl + s to use the Quicksearch filter at Total Commander

further reading

• Chin-Hsi Lin (2010). 研究生2.0: 新年新希望：不再找不到檔案了！