AnyTXT Searcher
AnyTXT Searcher is a powerful file full-text search engine, a desktop search application for fast document retrieval. Just like a local disk Google search engine, much faster than Windows Search, it is your ideal free desktop file content full-text search engine.
It has a powerful document parsing engine built in, which extracts the text of commonly used file formats without installing any other software, and combines the built-in high-speed indexing system to store the metadata of the text. You can quickly find any text in any file on your disk by AnyTXT in less than 1 second. It works on Windows 11,10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2012, 2016,2022.
AnyTXT Searcher supports the following file formats:
Plain text (txt, cpp, py, html, etc.)
Microsoft OneNote (one)
Microsoft Word (doc, docx)
Microsoft Excel (xls, xlsx)
Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt, pptx)
PDF
WPS Office (wps, et, dps)
EBook (epub, mobi, azw3, fb2 etc.)
Mind Map Format (lighten, mmap, mm, xmind etc.)
OFD
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UltraEdit
For almost 3 decades, UltraEdit has been the go-to text editor for 2+ million users and many Fortune 100/500/1000 enterprise customers. Renowned for its power and performance in handling and processing huge files and data, UltraEdit is also a highly configurable and fully themed code editor with support for nearly any source language or syntax.
Often called the "Swiss army knife" of text editors, UltraEdit is a powerful tool for users in a wide range of responsibilities and industries. From programming and project management to large file manipulation, from data sorting and column/block editing to remote (FTP/SFTP) file operations, from advanced file searching and text data reformatting, there's almost no problem that UltraEdit can't solve in the world of text editing.
UltraEdit is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux and is supported by a professional development team and customer service staff located in the USA.
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FileSearchEX
FileSearchEX is the no-nonsense file search utility for Windows 7 and higher. It offers a classic and simplified search interface to make finding files and searching their contents a less frustrating experience. Enjoy the most natural way to locate files and folders on modern operating systems. FileSearchEX is a Windows search tool alternative that provides a standard context menu enabling it to blend in with the OS. This prevents user confusion on how to use the software. With low system requirements, easy network deployment, and locked down user account compatibility, FileSearchEX is the Windows search tool replacement you've been looking for. FileSearchEX runs well with LUA & SRP (limited user and locked down) accounts while still being easy to install by network administrators. Indeed, no installer is needed and admin rights are not required. No matter what software you have on your business systems, users will find it refreshing to have FileSearchEX's simplified search interface.
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TextSeek
TextSeek is a professional full-text desktop search tool. TextSeek can search filename and file content easily and quickly. It supports PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, keynote and other formats.
Features:
1. Minimalist design. The search box and results are as intuitive as Google, and the operation is convenient. You can preview the file content with highlighted keywords, and you can quickly browse the search results with ctrl+arrow shortcut keys.
2. Double search modes. Users can search directly without index (Easy mode), or index specific directories to speed up searching (Zone mode).
3. Cross-platform and multi-language. It supports Windows and Mac OS systems. It performs full-text search with no omission, and it can search through all languages by using UNICODE. The user interface supports Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Arabic and other languages.
4. Multiple search options. The results can be filtered by document type, file name, or file content.
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