Need XP Find replacement

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Dos-Man

Hi, I'm using Windows XP at college and the "new and improved"
Find command is giving me fits. I spent four minutes
waiting for it to search for a folder, and I eventually
abandoned the search. I am not a happy camper here.

Previous threads in this newsgroup seemed to indicate that
there is no acceptable replacement for this piece of crap.
I refuse to believe that, however.

I want to know what is the best alternative.

dos-man
 
"YoKenny" ...
I was a devout Agent Ranshack user but after
seeing TrackerV3 I am impressed.
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Seconded.

I did a small test searching for a phrase inside pdf-files, using Agent
Ransack, TrackerV3 and the built-in search in Windows XP.

The only one that gave a correct result was TrackerV3!

Agent Ransack resulted in files that didn't contain the phrase, while
Windows XP search didn't find any files at all...

// Bjorn A
 
Bjorn said:
"YoKenny" ...

Seconded.

I did a small test searching for a phrase inside pdf-files, using
Agent Ransack, TrackerV3 and the built-in search in Windows XP.

The only one that gave a correct result was TrackerV3!

Agent Ransack resulted in files that didn't contain the phrase, while
Windows XP search didn't find any files at all...

// Bjorn A
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"Windows XP search didn't find any files at all..."
I found this common when I first switch to XP, been using Agent Ransack ever
since, but will try Tracker V3. Thanks for the info.
 
Hi, I'm using Windows XP at college and the "new and improved"
Find command is giving me fits. I spent four minutes
waiting for it to search for a folder, and I eventually
abandoned the search. I am not a happy camper here.

Previous threads in this newsgroup seemed to indicate that
there is no acceptable replacement for this piece of crap.
I refuse to believe that, however.

I want to know what is the best alternative.

dos-man
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Agent Ransack
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx
Can't live without it.

regards

Dud
 
Hi, I'm using Windows XP at college and the "new and improved"
Find command is giving me fits. I spent four minutes
waiting for it to search for a folder, and I eventually
abandoned the search. I am not a happy camper here.

Previous threads in this newsgroup seemed to indicate that
there is no acceptable replacement for this piece of crap.
I refuse to believe that, however.

I want to know what is the best alternative.

dos-man
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After furthering searching through the ACF archives, someone
found a utility named File Finder from Mijenix Corp at

www.shellfront.org/utils (listed as Find.zip).

I downloaded it, and it has a pretty similar interface to
the Win 98 Find window I am so used to using. Performance-wise,
it may not be the best, but I'm pretty happy with it. I may even
start using it at home sometimes.

dos-man
 
Dos-Man said:
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For what it's worth, I've been using Agent Ransack for over a year, and
thought I was pleased with it. After reading about TrackerV3, I decided to
try it.

First, I found and removed those worthless 0KB files that are saved when you
surf the net. I then searched, again, for the same sized files. Agent
Ransack found 146 files. TrackerV3 found 3066.

Obviously, there is some kind of difference in what they look in.
 
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