Desktop search

Ψ 個人知識管理的搜尋任務類型: 電腦檔案或內文搜尋 | 多個PDF檔案的內文搜尋 | 自訂搜尋服務(網頁歸檔) | Gmail搜尋 Ψ

List of desktop search software

full text and filename search

電腦的多個檔案的內文搜尋

• 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)
  • 搜尋: 支援輸入部分字串
• 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)
• Google 桌面搜索 archive of old version: Download Google Desktop 5.9.1005.12335 - FileHippo.com. Not available to download from official website

Search text in files

• Windows Grep: Grep for Windows v.2.3
  • file size: (1) > 90 MB: ok; (2) > 200MB: ok
  • Regular expression: supported

• grepWin v1.5.6.x
  • file size: (1) > 90 MB: ok; (2) > 200MB: ok;
  • Regular expression: supported
  • comment: If there are too many matches, the software will be frozen and get back after some minutes.

• Notepad++ v5.9.8
  • file size: (1) > 90 MB: ok; (2) > 200MB: not ok (file is too big to be opened by Notepad++)
  • Regular expression: supported

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: file name or folder name

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

quick file search filter: file name only

• Press Alt + Space to search and launch the file Launchy: The Open Source Keystroke Launcher[Last visited: {{{date}}}]

further reading

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