New Update WinFindr 1.7 released - Lightweight file and registry search app for Windows

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WinFindr 1.7 has been released. Its main improvements over the previous version are:

  1. Greatly improved the support for searching for text inside PDF files.
  2. It’s now possible to search for files based on the file attributes.
  3. The results list now shows more information about the found items - but you can also choose to see only a minimal amount of information, it’s up to you.
The full Changelog is available here: WinFindr Features

Since this is a file searching tool, the number one question is, how does this compare against Everything. In fact, I even wrote an entire page about this: WinFindr - Everything Alternative

TLDR: Everything is a file and folder search tool while WinFindr can also search for registry data, WinFindr contains native, builtin support for searching for data inside PDF files, WinFindr support natural language searching and also that WinFindr is highly customizable. Everything is great if you want to know where that one file whose filename you remember is located at. WinFindr is great when you want to do more, and you want the search tool to look and work the way you want.

WinFindr is freeware, lightweight (about 3 MB), it’s available as a single file portable executable or a setup version and has a builtin support for 29 translations.

This is how it looks like:

winfindr_results1.png


More screenshots available here: WinFindr Screenshots

More information and download link available here: WinFindr

I’m the developer of WinFindr. If there is anything I can improve in the software to make it better for you, please let me know. Thank you!
 
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jv16 said:
WinFindr 1.7 has been released. Its main improvements over the previous version are:

More information and download link available here: WinFindr

I’m the developer of WinFindr. If there is anything I can improve in the software to make it better for you, please let me know. Thank you!
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@jv16 -- FYI: your URL is blocked by Osprey extension (Norton Safe Web) URL: //winfindr_dot_com at 26 June 1450 utc
 
simmerskool said:
@jv16 -- FYI: your URL is blocked by Osprey extension (Norton Safe Web) URL: //winfindr_dot_com at 26 June 1450 utc
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Thank you for letting me know! What a sad state of anti-virus products we live in. I spend way too much time reporting these false positives to these companies.
 
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@jv16 -- FYI: your URL is blocked by Osprey extension (Norton Safe Web) URL: //winfindr_dot_com at 26 June 1450 utc
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For some reason I'm not getting that on my end, at least with Brave? I disabled F-Secure's extension and only have G-Data, Smart Screen, Norton and Quad 9 enabled. I even disabled all of the options except for Norton, and was still able to access the site?
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Jonny Quest said:
For some reason I'm not getting that on my end, at least with Brave? I disabled F-Secure's extension and only have G-Data, Smart Screen, Norton and Quad 9 enabled.
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interesting that Norton did not block for you but with firefox (linux) Osprey Norton blocked it for me. I cannot easily snip the flag now but I can copy it

Warning: This website is unsafe​


Osprey has blocked access to this website. It is unsafe to continue.


If you are the owner of this website, please contact the security provider to resolve the issue.


URL:
winfindr.com

WinFindr

Freeware app to search for files and registry data in Windows PC.
winfindr.com winfindr.com
Reported by: Norton Safe Web
Reason: Malicious

So also at VT the URL is 0/97 makes me wonder if Norton is trying to sabotage Osprey. I don't know but yes seems odd I am getting this block :unsure:
 
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So also at VT the URL is 0/97
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Fun fact: I always show the final release files to antivirus products and VirusTotal before any public release. And usually I get a perfect 0 detections score. But what happens sometimes is that after the release, when I submit the exact same binary file again to VirusTotal, then some of the antivirus products have decided to change their analysis and I get a couple false positives. This is especially bad if one of those false positives are from Microsoft and Edge starts to block the file download for users. That kind of mistake is very bad for a small business like mine.

Anyway, rant over. I hope y'all like the app! And if you don't, please let me know why and I will see what I can do to improve that.
 
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URL:
winfindr.com

WinFindr

Freeware app to search for files and registry data in Windows PC.
winfindr.com winfindr.com
Reported by: Norton Safe Web
Reason: Malicious

So also at VT the URL is 0/97 makes me wonder if Norton is trying to sabotage Osprey. I don't know but yes seems odd I am getting this block :unsure:
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The Norton Safe Web people just replied to my "false positive" report saying that the incorrect detection should now be fixed. Thank you for letting me know!
 
jv16 said:
The Norton Safe Web people just replied to my "false positive" report saying that the incorrect detection should now be fixed. Thank you for letting me know!
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YES, I did download winfindr a day or 2 ago, used it, LIKED it a lot!!! :D
 
Thank you, I'm glad to hear! Please let me know if there is anything I can do to make the software better for you!
 

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