- Apr 25, 2013
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UltraSearch finds files and folders on local NTFS drives and provides the results in just a few seconds. UltraSearch does not maintain an index which is stored on your harddisk, but achieves its speed by working directly on the Master File Table (MFT) of the NTFS partitions. UltraSearch even identifies NTFS hardlinks.
Simply enter a file name or a pattern like *.exe and see the first results while you are still typing. In addition, UltraSearch supports regular expressions.
Additional information like file size and file dates (last changes, last access and file creation) will be shown for all listed files. Naturally, the Explorer context menu is available inside UltraSearch.
UltraSearch enables you to exclude folders, files or file types from searches via an exclude filter. The search results can be sorted according to different criteria, printed or exported as text, RTF, HTML, CSV, and Excel file.
The 100 recently used search patterns can be saved and selected from a dropdown list. UltraSearch can suggest patterns or autocomplete manually entered patterns automatically. UltraSearch can be started from the context menu of your Windows Explorer - starting a search within the selected directory could not be easier.
Use UltraSearch wherever you like thanks to the portable ZIP version.
Version 2.0 : Released on 18th December 2014
• A completely redesigned scanning mechanism for reading the MFT (Master File Table) has been implemented.
• A new search algorithm for faster searches has been implemented.
• The memory usage has been greatly reduced.
• The speed of sorting the search results has been greatly increased.
• The new scanning mechanism now always detects NTFS hardlinks. The option to enable/disable NTFS hardlinks has been removed.
• A new options toolbar has been added, enabling the user to quickly switch between file search and folder search and to de-/activate the exclude filter.
• A new button was added next to the search input field, enabling the user to browse for a folder to search in.
• An option to hide and reset the options toolbar was added.
• The 'Auto Sort' option was renamed to 'Always Sort Results'.
• The option 'Always Sort Results' will now be taken into account even after a restart of UltraSearch.
• Pressing the F3 key now focuses the search pattern and allows the user to instantly enter a new search pattern.
• The order of columns in the drive list can now be changed via Drag&Drop.
• Scrolling through the recently used search patterns has been disabled.
• The number of recently used search patterns has been limited to 15.
• Icons have been added to the menus.
• Bugfix: Refreshing the search during an ongoing search causes missing search results in some cases. This bug has been fixed.
• Bugfix: When starting UltraSearch via context menu the search input field is now selected correctly so that the user can immediately specify a search pattern.
• Bugfix: The option 'Autocomplete Patterns' now works properly.
• Bugfix: Disabled columns are now memorized after a restart of UltraSearch.
• Bugfix: File system changes are now detected corretly.
• Bugfix: A bug which caused UltraSearch to crash during a search in rare cases has been fixed.
• Bugfix: Numerous other enhancements and bugfixes have been incorporated.
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