Locate 3.1.8.9210 RC3 Fileforum Pick

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (714 votes)

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Windows 2000/9x/Server 2003/XP / Freeware / 70,473 downloads

Locate saves names of all files in your hard drives to file database. After that you can locate files. This program works like updatedb and locate in Unix systems. Win32 based locating program also included.

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  • Latest Changes

    - Options menu renamed to Tools and "Delete Private data" feature added

    - Added a notification message when language is changed, language settings tab shows version for translations

    - Stop button enabled with search while typing

    - Preliminary support for template files in "Save Results" (see templates directory)

    - Improved error messages in status bar (including "Search while typing")

    - Fixed: when Avant Browser is used as Web Browser, "Open" in context menu do nothing

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    WildTbag

    Reviewing 3.1.8.9210 RC3 (Sep 6, 2010)

    By far the best search engine i know, i use it for years and every day. Do yourself a favor and look in the settings! And this program is updated, take a look at the daily builds: http://locate32.net/files/daily/

    Maybe Betanews should update this...
    And, no, i am not the author.

  2. 4 out of 5 stars
    JeremyP

    Reviewing 3.1.8.9210 RC3 (Jul 15, 2010)

    @forresterinc Reviewing 3.1.8.9210 RC3 (Nov 3, 2008)

    "extremely well", if you have an NTFS system, and are looking for filename-search only, I recommend "Everything search engine"
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    Very nice, but it doesn't appear to be able to find networked file. And THAT is a killer for me. My music database - which is what I use Locate for - is spread over three machines.

    I like Locate, and can deal with the lack of real-time updating, as I don't add that much to my music library each day. It does crash occasionally on my 64 bit W7 machine. I just restart it. No big deal!

  3. 1 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 3.1.8.9210 RC3 (Jan 22, 2010)

    The interface and options are wonderful, but this application has a fatal flaw at its core: It does not work in real time; it relies on repetitive indexing. I set mine to index every 3 minutes (yes, every 3 minutes!), and still had issues with Locate finding files that didn't exist, or not finding files that did exist.

    I also had several crashes with Locate. Regardless of which version I chose to use.

    In short, it's a lousy approach. 1 star for being unusable.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    horsecharles

    Reviewing 3.1.8.9210 RC3 (Dec 23, 2008)

    forresterinc:

    Everything does not work at all on Vista.

    Also....how is something like this supposed to work(fast & immediate) if it does not index?

  5. 4 out of 5 stars
    forresterinc

    Reviewing 3.1.8.9210 RC3 (Nov 3, 2008)

    "extremely well", if you have an NTFS system, and are looking for filename-search only, I recommend "Everything search engine" ( http://www.voidtools.com/ ).

    That being said, I've tried Locate, and it is quite competent, but I like Everything better -- as I too, search for filenames mostly, and I do not like the out-of-date-database problem nor always-on indexing programs.

    4 stars for a well-deserving application.

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