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What are the best desktop search tools for Windows?

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Andris commented on the pro Saves disk space by not indexing files in Agent ransack.2 years ago
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Dir Function

Good old dos list directory command, using the /s option allows you to search subdirectories
Ling Li

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Works on any network mounted drive too

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As fast as your hdd/sdd

Works as fast as your drive can
Ling Li

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Built into windows/free

Free and no installation of additional software required!
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Agent ransack

Gui based, multithreaded search tool
Ling Li

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Fast search for text or regex in files

The app is multi threaded to search through your files.
Andris Pelcbergs
Ling Li

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Saves disk space by not indexing files

No silly indexing of your file system required.
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Potentially lower search speed due to not indexing files

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