Please note that you can add non-root paths as well, for instance a documents folder, or a folder full of media files. You may add other hard drives or paths in the header area. Ultra Search finds files only on the main Windows partition by default. What's great about the results listing is that you can interact with the files as if you would be using Windows Explorer or File Explorer.Ī double-click opens the file, a right-click displays the Explorer context menu with options to open the containing folder run file operations like copying, or open the file using a different compatible program. Results appear near instantly if you run file name or extension searches, and after a couple of seconds when you include file content searches.Įach result is displayed with its name, file path, size, last access and change date. This works similar to the file search field, but will scan the content of files for matching text. The third and final option enables you to search for file content.
You may select Office files, database files or text files from the menu to narrow down the results. The menu next to it helps you narrow down the types of files you want included. The first searches for matching file names, and includes both the name of the file and its extension. The search interface at the top displays two fields and a menu that you use to search for files on the selected drive. You can run searches right after start, even if it is the first time you run UltraSearch on a device. UltraSearch uses the Master File Table (MFT) of the hard drive instead which is an index of all files stored on a drive. This is one major reason why it uses less memory as it does not need to run indexing jobs regularly in the background to keep file information up to date. Since it does not rely in indexing, it does not matter which version you choose.
The program is offered as a portable version, or you may install it. UltraSearch is right up there with the fastest third-party file finding programs for Windows.
The speed difference between using a program like UltraSearch and Windows Search is noticeable. Third part desktop search tools like Everything and Puggle offer speed advantages and a lower resource usage, which makes them attractive for many of Windows users. While the standard Windows Search does an ok-job at finding files stored on the computer's hard drives, it is criticized by many users for its speed, resource usage and search quality.
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