FileLocator Pro 4.0.0 Build 787

Publisher's Description:

FileLocator Pro offers the most affordable way to exhaustively search your computer for all your important data. Unlike other search products like Windows XP's built in search, it does not consider any file too small or insignificant to examine. It works with regular exressions in both contents and file names, supports scripting, internal and external editing, sorting, etc.

Latest Changes:

• Bug Fix: Drag to CD
• Bug Fix: Additional error checking
• Bug Fix: Installation issues

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	zridling	Feb 27, 2007
Version:	4.0.0 Build 754
Really cool. Really strong features, including RegEx. Really powerful. Really fast.
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Reviewer:	zridling	Mar 27, 2006
Version:	3.0 Build 638
Most will like the changes in 3.1x. Check it out. Oh, and this should be listed as 3.1 build 638, not 3.0.
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Reviewer:	Inray	Aug 21, 2005
Version:	3.0 Build 609
I always used GREP like utilities to locate files in my computer. Unfortunately most GUI file find utilities available are slow or limited in terms of regular expressions support. FileLocator Pro is an excellent alternative to command line GREP utils. It has the speed and many advanced features like scripting, regex etc. I have to agree with previous reviewers, FLP lacks some features. It has no Explorer like renaming, visible columns customization or full drag and drop support. But it is fast, even when searching for text content or a regular expression and that's enough for me to adopt FLP for my searchings. Highly Recommended
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Reviewer:	httpd.confused	Aug 21, 2005
Version:	3.0 Build 609
I don't expect it to be a full-fledged renaming utility; but even PowerDesk Pro's "File Finder" applet supports F2 renaming (which, come on now, is the de-facto standard for renaming a file in Windows). The PowerDesk Pro applet also supports full drag-and-drop. FileLocator Pro 3.0 still only lets you drag-and-drop with the left mouse button (to perform a copy), but not at all with the right mouse button (to do ... whatever you want). This also means, of course, that FLP can't work with any shell extensions making use of DragDropHandlers registration. But zridling's Alt+Enter suggestion led me to a new FLP discovery (read: annoyance/limitation): Alt+Enter does bring up a file's Properties dialog, but Alt+DoubleClick simply runs the file. The Alt key is ignored. Again, this runs counter to any decent file finder or Explorer replacement, not to mention Explorer itself. When you throw in the fact that FLP's built-in accelerator keys (i.e. Alt+N to go to the "File name" text box; Alt+C to go to the "Containing text" text box, etc.) don't work at all when the file list has focus, hopefully my points begin to sink in. The main reason I use FLP is for its very-useful "contents view" feature. But the limitations above will keep it from getting a 5 out of me for as long as they continue to exist.
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Reviewer:	zridling	Aug 20, 2005
Version:	3.0 Build 609
Hey, that's why it's a locator, not a renamer. (But would an F2 rename operation kill them?) Just hit ALT+Enter and rename. The 3.x version adds more RegEx functionality and speeds everything up, from file find to running scripts. [Addendum]: Hey, no fair, httpd. FLP is not a Windows Explorer replacement like PowerDesk Pro, even with PDP's File Finder module. I'll grant it could add an F2 renaming shortcut, and I'll even submit your suggestions to the developer. The inability to jump back to the File Name box using its own shortcut key (ALT+N) unless your cursor is in that part of the program is an annoyance. (But PowerDesk's File Finder has the exact flaw.) So I'll recant, change my vote to a 4, write the developer and see how long it takes to add/fix these issues. Should be interesting.
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