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Agent Ransack 2010 freeware lightweight - Desktop Search

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sajman99:
Wow, an update to Agent Ransack! This is indeed a rare event.

Thanks for telling, dantheman. :)

dantheman:
Indeed, i was quite surprised myself.

An excellent job!

beethoven:
I had a look at the site but find the info rather thin  :o

How does it work? Does it just look for the file names or can you search for text inside the files? Does it allow for search across networked drives?

I am using Copernic (the old version 1.7) which works very well for me. The later versions did not allow for networked drives or had other issues. I am curious to know if Agent Ransack improves on that but the website does not provide enough info.

Darwin:
Beethoven - Agent Ransack doesn't index your files, so it works in a very different way from Copernic. It will (likely) search much more slowly and will find fewer "hits" in comparison to a file indexer.

davolente:
Haven't tried Ransack but have been using a free dead-simple and extremely fast searcher called "Everything" for a while from www.voidtools.com
Does what it says on the tin. Have tried others but they slowed the PC down.

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