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WinFindr 1.8

WinFindr is an easy to use, yet powerful data searching tool for Windows. It allows you to search for files, folders, registry keys and registry entries with multiple search terms at the same time. WinFindr has a native, built-in support for searching inside PDF, epub ebooks, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other document files including OpenOffice and LibreOffice files. You can also search for files from inside zip and rar archives based on their filenames.

Advanced Windows File SearchYou can search for data with an advanced set of features, options and filters. Use multiple search words at the same time, search by file type, search by file size, search by file attributes, search by file content, search by registry values or registry data types.

Search files by their metadataSearch for files based on their metadata. For example, if your mp3 music file collection includes the mp3 metadata, you can search for songs based on their album name and other metadata. The metadata support also includes searching for image files based on their metadata.

WinFindr 1.8 release notes:

Key Changes

  • Two new natural language search modes: Similar word matching and phonetic matching.
  • You can now have WinFindr to stay running in the tray area as an icon, and configure it to start automatically with Windows.
  • Improved compatibility with screen readers and other accessibility features.
  • Improvements:
  • New feature: Added two new natural language search modes, to find data based on word similarity and a phonetic search.
  • New feature: You can now set WinFindr to automatically start with Windows. This is available in Settings.
  • New feature: You can set WinFindr to stay running in the Windows task bar as a tray icon. This is available in Settings.
  • New feature: You can now set WinFindr to always start with administrator privileges. This is also available in Settings.
  • New feature: Added a compact tabs mode, which will better utilize all the available space within the program window.
  • The search now displays an indeterminate progress if actual progress is not possible to be shown, for example when the system is searched for the first time.
  • Improved the compatibility with screen reader software by adding a special screen reader UI mode. Also available from the Settings.
  • The special screen reader UI mode is automatically enabled if a screen reader is detected to be running in the system.
  • Increased the default maximum search result count from 999 to 9999.
  • If user attempts to activate a license and no license if found, the error message now also reminds the user that an internet connection is required to activate a new license.
  • Clicking the result list now closes the Filters menu, if open.
  • The Search Log now uses a normal font color instead of the gray font.
  • The user interface now automatically adjusts its default font size to better match the system font size.
  • The program window title now says WinFindr Pro for those awesome people who have bought the Pro version.

Fixes

  • When changing settings and using the Restore Default Settings button, it was possible that Save Settings was not visible, making it rather impossible to save the new settings.
  • In some systems, starting the search could always display a "Failed to write settings to disk" error. Which was rather annoying.
  • In some systems, sometimes after resizing the program window, there might be a phantom scroll bar drawn over the UI. This was a cosmetic issue, not affecting the way the program worked but it could be rather distracting.
  • In Settings, the translation list was so wide its scroll bar was usually outside of the visible user interface area.
  • It was possible to start the search without any search options enabled.
  • Clicking the Restore Default Settings did not always fully restore the default settings.
  • When searching only for files, the Sort By filter in the Results list was still showing sort options relating to folders and registry data.
  • If you had search results listed, unchecking the Hide counts from the tab names option didn't work.
  • Changing the color mode without restarting the WinFindr could cause the Apply My License button to be shown with the wrong color.
  • The user interface could sometimes display an additional vertical scroll bar.
  • Version 1.7's executable was not digitally signed.

Known Issues

  • If you have search results visible and then minimize and maximize the program window, some visual corruption might occur within the WinFindr window.
  • In the text-only search result mode, the scroll direction of the mouse wheel is reversed.
  • Changing the result view settings while there are already results listed can cause the listing user interface to get corrupted.