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November 12th 09, 03:22 PM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, esp forOffice2003)
WindowsXP Pro
msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ....} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship Shiperton Henethe 
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November 12th 09, 03:32 PM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP,esp for Office2003)
Have you tried Google? That's what we do.
--- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est ship wrote: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship Shiperton Henethe
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November 12th 09, 03:48 PM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, esp for Office2003)
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WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
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November 12th 09, 07:13 PM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, esp for Office2003)
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ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship Shiperton Henethe Try PowerDesk at http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html . If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`
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November 13th 09, 09:26 AM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, esp for Office2003)
"Daave" wrote in message ... ship wrote: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ Seconded. Always one of the first things I put on a new XP setup.
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November 13th 09, 10:28 AM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, espfor Office2003)
Er do you mean Google Desktop? If so the answer is yes (see original post) It is bl**dy terrible. Certain emails in outlook it repeatedly fails to spider (despite being completely un-installed and re-installed). And yes I even ran scanpst.exe across the PST files in question. But still no good... Also if I archive from one PST file to another, it utterly fails to notice. Not impressed. :^( Ship On Nov 12, 3:32*pm, Leonard Grey wrote: Have you tried Google? That's what we do. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est ship wrote: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. * * * *Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. * * * *Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe
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November 13th 09, 06:16 PM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, espfor Office2003)
On Nov 12, 7:13*pm, "Twayne" wrote:
, ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. * * * Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. * * * Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe Try PowerDesk at *http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html. *If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. * *I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. *IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have just installed Desktop 7. Although I agree that it looks quite interesting/powerful, it's search is not. I need something FAST i.e. that does actually spider my documents. Ship
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November 13th 09, 06:51 PM
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ship typed: On Nov 12, 7:13 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe Try PowerDesk at http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html. If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have just installed Desktop 7. Although I agree that it looks quite interesting/powerful, it's search is not. I need something FAST i.e. that does actually spider my documents. Ship Hmm, it should be fast. Are you using the FileFind feature? All of the contexts work too, such as text within the document, date ranges, only certain types of files, etc. etc.. FileFind, BTW is a standalone: You don't have to run PD to use it; just make a shortcut to the executable in the PD folder in program files. The only way I've found to get faster is to drop into the command prompt and use DIR and /s etc. to search. Sorry it's not working out for you; I triedg. HTH, Twayne`
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November 13th 09, 06:52 PM
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ship typed: On Nov 12, 7:13 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe Try PowerDesk at http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html. If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have just installed Desktop 7. Although I agree that it looks quite interesting/powerful, it's search is not. I need something FAST i.e. that does actually spider my documents. Ship PS - sounds like it's time for batch files with replaceable parameters? Just a thought. HTH, Twayne`
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November 14th 09, 01:02 AM
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On Nov 13, 9:26*am, "Olórin"
wrote: "Daave" wrote in message ... ship wrote: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. * * * Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. * * * Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ Seconded. Always one of the first things I put on a new XP setup.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yes I have just installed Agent Ransack. I agree it's quite impressive at what it does. BUT a) It doesn't seem to do emails (i.e. Outlook2003 .PST files) b) It doesn't seem to pre-index things first and is that relatively slow. A good thought and useful if the likes of Google desktop are failing me... ....but not ideal. Ship
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November 14th 09, 01:04 AM
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On Nov 13, 6:52*pm, "Twayne" wrote:
, ship typed: On Nov 12, 7:13 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe Try PowerDesk at http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html. If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have just installed Desktop 7. Although I agree that it looks quite interesting/powerful, it's search is not. I need something FAST i.e. that does actually spider my documents. Ship PS - sounds like it's time for batch files with replaceable parameters? Just a thought. Pls can you explain further? Ship
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November 14th 09, 01:07 AM
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On Nov 13, 6:51*pm, "Twayne" wrote:
, ship typed: On Nov 12, 7:13 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe Try PowerDesk at http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html. If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have just installed Desktop 7. Although I agree that it looks quite interesting/powerful, it's search is not. I need something FAST i.e. that does actually spider my documents. Ship Hmm, it should be fast. Are you using the FileFind feature? *All of the contexts work too, such as text within the document, date ranges, only certain types of files, etc. etc.. * *FileFind, BTW is a standalone: You don't have to run PD to use it; just make a shortcut to the executable in the PD folder in program files. The only way I've found to get faster is to drop into the command prompt and use DIR and /s etc. to search. Sorry it's not working out for you; I triedg. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OK... so where do you find FileFind? Doesnt seem tob elisted as a separate product on their site: http://eau.v-com.com/product/index.html Ship
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November 14th 09, 06:06 PM
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"ship" wrote in message ... WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ....} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship Shiperton Henethe ------------------------------------------------------ Maybe this utility? Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information about directory structures and uses these databases in searches. The use of these databases provides very fast searching speed. The software includes a dialog based application as well as console programs which can be used to both update and access databases. Supported operation systems are Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista http://locate32.net/ -- Regards, Touch Base Report back on the results, good or bad so others may benefit
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November 14th 09, 08:21 PM
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, esp for Office2003)
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ship typed: On Nov 13, 6:51 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: On Nov 12, 7:13 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe Try PowerDesk at http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html. If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have just installed Desktop 7. Although I agree that it looks quite interesting/powerful, it's search is not. I need something FAST i.e. that does actually spider my documents. Ship Hmm, it should be fast. Are you using the FileFind feature? All of the contexts work too, such as text within the document, date ranges, only certain types of files, etc. etc.. FileFind, BTW is a standalone: You don't have to run PD to use it; just make a shortcut to the executable in the PD folder in program files. The only way I've found to get faster is to drop into the command prompt and use DIR and /s etc. to search. Sorry it's not working out for you; I triedg. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OK... so where do you find FileFind? Doesnt seem tob elisted as a separate product on their site: http://eau.v-com.com/product/index.html Ship Sorry; been ill. "FileFinder" is part of PowerDesk7 and is on the top menu bar. It's located in the Standard Buttons toolbar (View; Toolbars) or can be toggled on /off with CTRL-4 (that's 4, NOT F4!). Just to the right of the forward/back buttons, looks like a folder with a magnifying glass over it. Click that and the File Finder will start for you. Look thru the several possibilities for a Find search it gives you; by drive, or by drive and folder and several goodies that all work well, unlke win explorer. One thing I really like is it'll let you capture entire paths from start to the file as text, which can then be pasted into any text editor. Stops a lot of typos if you're like meg! By looking in the program folder for PD, you can create a shortcut to the file finder also, and put it on your desktop. The exact same File Finder will run for you but you don't need the PD main program running; it's also a stand-alone so can run on its own. The same goes for the Synchronize, Favorites, Size Manger, FTP. File Viewer just puts a thumbnail of an image on the screen to visual verification. I no longer use windows explorer at all; PowerDesk does everything win explorer is supposed to be able to do but doesn't and a lot more. I love being able to tell it, say, find "love" in all files on (any path) and show the text before and after the work so you can get the context of its use. It saves having to open hundreds of files to see which is the one you want. No, I don't own a piece of them; I just really like the program. Their only downside is, they keep track of the number of installs. When you reach 5, you're done; you won't do a 6th until you contact them and ask to have the counters reset. And you don't know you're out of installs until you try to do that 6th install. So if you give the program away or reinstall it on a new hard drive or computer, keep that in mind. HTH, Twayne`
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Can you recommend a good text search utility? (for WindowsXP, esp for Office2003)
In , ship typed: On Nov 13, 6:52 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: On Nov 12, 7:13 pm, "Twayne" wrote: , ship typed: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I would IDEALLY also like to be able to search files from: Xara Xtreme Pro, Mindjet's MindManager, FreeMind, plus HTML, PDF files... but this is not a deal breaker.) I have tried - WindowXP's search == horrible. I have uninstalled it and use the previous version - which is very slow but more accurate. Fails to do outlook files. - GoogleDesktop == Initially I was impressed, but now keeps failing to spider things. Terrible at handling archivals of emails. - Copernic Desktop (v3.2.1) == Takes literally *days* to spider/re-spider. Clunky & processor hungry. Not good at handling archivals of emails. All I need something as powerful as Google websearch, but that runs across my own PC ! For example exact phrase matching (e.g. by using double quotes around a phrase) For example negative matching - i.e. excluding certain phrases I am becoming increasingly desperate!! - Any thoughts? Ship ShipertonHenethe Try PowerDesk at http://eau.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html. If you wish it'll even replace windows Explorer for you whenever something calls for it. It's accurate, stable at rev7 and my only explorer-like program anymore. I don't know if there still is; there used to be a fully functilnal freebie version avaiable but I don't see it offhand just now. IMO its best use is in being able to put two folders up side by side for viewing and drag n drop but the Find features are excellent. HTH, Twayne`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have just installed Desktop 7. Although I agree that it looks quite interesting/powerful, it's search is not. I need something FAST i.e. that does actually spider my documents. Ship PS - sounds like it's time for batch files with replaceable parameters? Just a thought. Pls can you explain further? Ship Sorry; what I meant was the %1, %2 etc. operators for bacth files. If you have a file named find.bat designed with a %1, say, you type "find ret.reg". The ret.reg is placed in the %1 variable and thus passed to the batch code. That's all.
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