FinderX new version 1.3.0 is released!

New version of FinderX is released with amazing improvements and fixes.

Changes:

• Added column "Items Count" that shows number of files/dirs in the current dir. For files this column shows '-'.
• Added column "Owner" that shows owner name of file/dir. Data of this column is saved to index file.

• Popup menu to hide/show columns now reflects current visible order of columns.
• When searching with wildcards, search terms are marked bold in search results.
• Improved work when new search starts while background thread is loading file icons.
• Improved compatibility with fast reading NTFS method.

• Index file now contains signature in its beginning. During loading this file signature is verified. File fails to load if signature is not correct.
  This is to avoid attempts to load "random" file as index file.
• Added more data integrity checks in Check*() functions.

• Removed global variable used by MakePathString (wrong design pattern)

• Improved search with wildcards (*, ?). Added more tests.

FinderX new version 1.2.0 is released!

New version of FinderX application is released.

Changes since previous version:

• Whole word search. If search string enclosed in quotes ("myfile" or 'myfile') then it will search for a file with exact name "myfile" (without quotes). It means that files with names like myfile.exe, myfilename, supermyfile.log will NOT appear in search results. This feature helps to find files by name that a part of other commonly used name like "win" or "system".
• Path to Index file can now be found on Settings form (read only). This Path is stored in the registry together with other application settings.
• Improved FinderX main window work with system tray
• Improved Run as Admin mode.
• Added tiny line progress bar that shows progress of loading file icons in background.
• Added "Delete index file" main menu item. May be useful when you need to free some disk space.
• Added "Write diagnostic info into log file" option to settings. When this option is on, useful diagnostic info is written into specified log file.
• Significantly reduced application memory usage (in 2.5 times in average) due to internal optimization of data structures.
• Increased search speed. More to go.

New FinderX version 1.1.0 is released!

New FinderX version has been released.

New features have been added:

• Application has renamed to FinderX
• Single running copy of FinderX application.
• Possibility to run FinderX as administrator.
• Icon in system tray. FinderX icon will appear in tray. In addition you can select "Minimize to tray" option.
• Search as you type setting
• Search term is marked bold in search results.
• If you have several volumes on your PC all of them can be indexed (which volumes will be indexed can be configured in settings)
• Automatic discovering non-indexed volumes.
• Search history suggestion drop down window.
• List of folders to be excluded from indexing.
• Size format: auto, Bytes, KB, MB.
• Do not show folders sizes setting (useful when you need to find files by size)
• Loading file/folder icons in background (significantly improves search speed)

Enjoy!

If you have questions let go to 'Issues' section.

New FileFind version 1.0.1 is released!

We released new version of FileFind.

It has the following improvements:

• you can build/refresh index DB from both main window and from settings dialog.
• added possibility to cancel indexing process if needed.
• cannot close main window if indexing is in progress, you can stop indexing though.
• added yellow reminder on the top of main form when index DB becomes outdated and needs to be refreshed.
• path longer than 260 symbols are now fully supported.
• many small changes in the code.

Enjoy!

If you have questions let go to 'Issues' section.

FileFind v1.0.0 Released

I proud to have first version released.
With FileFind application you can make search through your entire file system or search inside a specified directory.
How to start:

• start FileFind application
• go to Options/Settings main menu item
• in "Folder to Index" edit box select folder you want to search to. It can be entire disk - C: or D:
• press "Build Index" button and wait few seconds
• you are are all set!

Now you can do your searches unlimited number of times.
When you think your file system has significantly changed (contains many news files, etc) - repeat the steps above.
You don't need to repeat steps above for every search, do it once a week or so.