I've always had a few complaints about Window's (XP) Search function. Things I wished it did: 1) Save "favorite" searches, particularly the "Look in" part, with or without the named and containing parameters 2) Allow multiple named, containing, and "Look in" (or any combination) in a single search. A few others but those are the biggies. Of course, I'd like a freebie. Not that I'm cheap. I've purchased my share of shareware or "full" versions of free "Lite" programs (Roboform, Foxit Reader, and many others). I've felt burned a couple of times too. Like no more than 3-4 months ago (from memory) I purchased the Pro-Pack for Foxit that included Comment Tools (let's you markup, use "typewriter", draw, measure, attach files), a Form Filler (very cool), and other advanced editing tools. I haven't done the upgrade to v4.0 but apparently all that (that was $40) is now included free in 4.0. And of course, who wants to spend money when they don't have to? So I found Agent Ransack (which I'd tried years ago) but is now v "2010" and it has every thing I've wanted and complex (complex expressions for searching, etc.). The only thing missing I want (that's in the paid version) is it won't search inside ZIP files. That can be very big depending on your search needs. Does anyone know of a freeware search utility that will do most of what Ransack does plus ZIP files? I tried the new Windows Search 4.0 (I think that's it) and hated it so much I immediately rolled back. I don't even remember what I hated about it now but I'm pretty sure it hadn't added any of the things I wanted that were missing from the old Search. I imagine Sue will have an answer or two. And I'll even take a look at any commercial program recommendations if they're pretty exceptional and are inexpensive. I miss hanging out here so much but my health has gotten good enough on the one hand that I have lots of other stuff that needs doing (like catching up on 20 years of "need-to-do" stuff that piled up in that time). And on the other if it's not gotten worse I've gotten older (and "well" enough) to look into and take care a lot of the things a paraplegic should do health-wise all the time (involving both healing and prevention and regular check-up of all the systems that no longer work as intended) but I just wasn't able to before, even some of the basic, serious stuff. Some days literally from the time I wake up until I close my eyes (and thanks to complex sleep apnea made even worse by paralysis it doesn't end then and literally goes on all night until the next morning...Sue can feel my pain!!!..lol) practically every minute of my time is taken up just taking care of my body and getting it to do the things it no longer does on it's on, etc. Which is why I have to go right now and shouldn't even have typed this much! But I wanted you guys to know I miss you, think of you, and listen to your songs when I can. -- Thanks guys, Ricky Hunt
In article <>, rhunt22 @hotmail.com says... > > I've always had a few complaints about Window's (XP) Search function. Things > I wished it did: > 1) Save "favorite" searches, particularly the "Look in" part, with or > without the named and containing parameters > 2) Allow multiple named, containing, and "Look in" (or any combination) in a > single search. > Ricky, Take a look at Everything http://www.voidtools.com/ Performs extrememly well on 7, claims XP performance too. -Jake
Sorry Ricky here's a time when I don't have a good answer for you! I use both Everything (as mentioned by Barking) which only searches for filenames, and does use an index but it's tiny and very fast. I also use Filelocator Pro (the pay-for version of Agent Ransack as you noted). These two have been my search tools of choice for years. -- Sue Morton "Ricky Hunt" <> wrote in message news:... > I've always had a few complaints about Window's (XP) Search function. > Things I wished it did: > 1) Save "favorite" searches, particularly the "Look in" part, with or > without the named and containing parameters > 2) Allow multiple named, containing, and "Look in" (or any > combination) in a single search. > > A few others but those are the biggies. Of course, I'd like a freebie. > Not that I'm cheap. I've purchased my share of shareware or "full" > versions of free "Lite" programs (Roboform, Foxit Reader, and many > others). I've felt burned a couple of times too. Like no more than 3-4 > months ago (from memory) I purchased the Pro-Pack for Foxit that > included Comment Tools (let's you markup, use "typewriter", draw, > measure, attach files), a Form Filler (very cool), and other advanced > editing tools. I haven't done the upgrade to v4.0 but apparently all > that (that was $40) is now included free in 4.0. And of course, who > wants to spend money when they don't have to? > > So I found Agent Ransack (which I'd tried years ago) but is now v > "2010" and it has every thing I've wanted and complex (complex > expressions for searching, etc.). The only thing missing I want > (that's in the paid version) is it won't search inside ZIP files. That > can be very big depending on your search needs. > > Does anyone know of a freeware search utility that will do most of > what Ransack does plus ZIP files? I tried the new Windows Search 4.0 > (I think that's it) and hated it so much I immediately rolled back. I > don't even remember what I hated about it now but I'm pretty sure it > hadn't added any of the things I wanted that were missing from the old > Search. > > I imagine Sue will have an answer or two. And I'll even take a look at > any commercial program recommendations if they're pretty exceptional > and are inexpensive. > > I miss hanging out here so much but my health has gotten good enough > on the one hand that I have lots of other stuff that needs doing (like > catching up on 20 years of "need-to-do" stuff that piled up in that > time). And on the other if it's not gotten worse I've gotten older > (and "well" enough) to look into and take care a lot of the things a > paraplegic should do health-wise all the time (involving both healing > and prevention and regular check-up of all the systems that no longer > work as intended) but I just wasn't able to before, even some of the > basic, serious stuff. Some days literally from the time I wake up > until I close my eyes (and thanks to complex sleep apnea made even > worse by paralysis it doesn't end then and literally goes on all night > until the next morning...Sue can feel my pain!!!..lol) practically > every minute of my time is taken up just taking care of my body and > getting it to do the things it no longer does on it's on, etc. Which > is why I have to go right now and shouldn't even have typed this much! > But I wanted you guys to know I miss you, think of you, and listen to > your songs when I can. > -- > Thanks guys, > Ricky Hunt
Thanks to you both. I may bite the bullet and get Filelocator Pro. "Sue Morton" <> wrote in message news:i6asje$2t3$-september.org... > Sorry Ricky here's a time when I don't have a good answer for you! > > I use both Everything (as mentioned by Barking) which only searches for > filenames, and does use an index but it's tiny and very fast. I also use > Filelocator Pro (the pay-for version of Agent Ransack as you noted). These > two have been my search tools of choice for years. > -- > Sue Morton
