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Quick Search

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Quick Search let you find a quickly files or folder in currently active File Browser or File Manager
 

To open a Quick Searcher window click on the Quick Search button located at main software window ribbon bar in Manager\Tools\ group in Find menu or press Alt+F3 keys on your keyboard
 

 

Type what you want to search for into a text box located just below the Search button as you can see in picture above.
To begin search click the Search button.

 

The text where you are entering search text has a small drop down window with your text history.
Small X button clears the text box

 

A few options are available to set from Options drop down menu:

Recursive

If checked then file searcher will do the recursive search, all sub-folders within main folder will be searched too, otherwise only main folder is searched.

 
Show selected file in the browser

If checked and when the search finishes, then first file found will be automatically shown in active File Browser.
After that when you select a file in the search result list that file also will be shown in the currently active File Browser

 

Search in Active and InActive browsers

If checked then file searcher will search for files in active File Browser and inactive file browser when you have opened File Manager

By default the search is performed only in currently active File Browser

 

Search in system & hidden files

If any of those check marks is checked then file searcher will include into a search results also files that are hidden or system files

 

Search Files List


This is a files list where all files that are found during the search are listed. The list has the following columns  

Icon

This column displays icons of files

 

File Name

This column the names if files without their extensions

 

Ext

Extension of a file, this cell will be empty when file is a folder

 

Size

Size of a file in bytes, this filed will be empty when file is a folder

 

Attributes

File attributes in format; first file attributes  in numeric system format and then as textual description

 

Created, Modified , Accessed

These columns will show the date when file was created, modified or last time accessed

 

Location

This column displays a full path to file location in a drive.

 

Tips:

If you double click on a file name in list the you can start the file.

To stop the Search click the Cancel button that appears in the right-bottom corner of the main software window

To close the Quick Search click the Close button that appears in the right-bottom corner of the main software window