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Add to SafariWhen comparing Mythicsoft Agent Ransack vs Copernic Desktop Search, the Slant community recommends Mythicsoft Agent Ransack for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop search tools for Windows?” Mythicsoft Agent Ransack is ranked 3rd while Copernic Desktop Search is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Mythicsoft Agent Ransack is:
No silly indexing of your file system required.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Saves disk space by not indexing files
No silly indexing of your file system required.
Pro Fast search for text or regex in files
The app is multi threaded to search through your files.
Pro Best free app for non indexed searches of text and MS Office files
Top free tool for non-indexed searches for files and contents. Boolean and regex options. Searches MS Office files using Ifilters.
The paid for version, Filelocator Pro, offers many enhancements eg combined boolean and regex searches, multiple search tabs, ability to toggle back to previous search results, and has inbuilt index searching as an option.
Pro Will search across attached drives
Pro Search inside SAS file
The app search inside every type of file created by SAS, even the catalog and the tables.
Pro Even includes Outlook .PST files
Reliably indexes and searches huge Outlook message stores (10GB or more). You can then filter by to/from, folder, content string, etc.
Pro Searches content, not just names
Cons
Con No FTP
It's non integrated an ftp client to connect to remote server
Con Potentially lower search speed due to not indexing files
Con No result ranking
Despite allegedly being on the cusp of offering a ranking of the search result (since v.4.0), as of 7.0 this fundamental feature is still lacking.
Con Annual subscription
Since the launch of its 7.0 version, you now have to buy an annual subscription to use the software.
