File searching utility

[Willi]

Good day!
I have Windows Vista on my laptop. Vista file searhing implementation is boring - it is slow and can not search for phrases.
What file searching utilities do you use?

[BC_Programmer]

 

Can't resist!


I use a program I wrote, BCSearch   

http://bc-programming.com/index.php?page=downloads

It doesn't use any sort of indexing, though; so depending on the options used it can even take longer then Vista's file search, but for the most part it goes at least as fast as an unindexed search using the windows built-in tool. Interesting Features include the display of the alternate data streams of a file, something I don't believe I've seen in a file search program, as well as a number of other interesting enhancements.

 It's certainly not the best file search program, but it doesn't compare badly with my competition, either.

[Quantos]

Shameless plug

[BC_Programmer]

Shameless plug

well... it DOES answer the question. 

[Quantos]

I'm only teasing you man.  Don't sweat it.

[Broni]

I swear by SuperFinder: http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearchxt.html

[Willi]

Thanks for advices. Broni - Super Finder XT is cool! And I have found Multiformat File Searcher: http://www.atalantasoftware.com . It can search inside PDF, DOC and other documents. Does anybody use it?

[Allan]

A small, old program does instant searches and I've been using it for years. It isn't free but I love it: Rocket Retriever.