On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:01:38 -0000, "Mark Stanton" > <[email protected]> said: >> > Windows search does not by default look in hidden folders and windows has a >> > lot of those. It does let you turn that on though >> >> It still sucks. >> Www.filelocatorpro.com >> >> They have a freeware version called Agent Ransack. > > I use Agent Ransack a lot, it's fantastic. But comparisons with Windows > Desktop Search are not valid. WDS and similar tools like Google Desktop > Search run as services and maintain a continually updated index as > files are added and changed. Agent Ransack is just a search tool that > you fire up when needed.
I use it too. Very handy. It will happily search binary files too (like DBFs!). -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
