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UltraSearchv1.6

Freeware for Ultra-Fast File Search

Version 1.6.1 : Released on 09th January 2012

Fixed a bug on system shutdown.
Bugfix: Some context menu entries were missing after the installation.
Bugfix: All context menu entries of UltraSearch will now be removed when uninstalling.
A few minor bugfixes and improvements have been incorporated.

 

Version 1.6 : Released on 25th November 2011

UltraSearch has been added to the Explorer context menu to search in the selected folder.
With the new options "Include Folders" and "Include Files" you can now decide if you want to search for files, directories or both.
It is now possible to toggle UltraSearch minimization via a customizable shortcut ("Options > UltraSearch Keyboard Shortcut").
Improved search: If multiple drives are checked, results are shown immediately after the search of the first drive is done.
Introduced new option "Autosort" to "View" menu to sort the results of a new search automatically by the previously selected sorting criteria.
Added option to minimize UltraSearch when opening a folder in the search result list via double click.
UltraSearch now supports Hotkey Ctrl+A to select all drives in the drivelist if it is focused.
A new option in the drivelist context menu allows the user to check all drives in the list.
Newly added drives can be checked by default via an option in the "Options" menu.
Improved sorting results: Files and folders are no longer mixed up when sorting by name.
The advertisement for TreeSize Professional is no longer shown if it is installed on the system.
Fixed UAC dialog popup if you start UltraSearch when it is already running in system tray.

 

Version 1.5 : Released on 18th August 2011

An option to show/hide the drives panel to the menu "View" has been added.
It is now possible to minimize UltraSearch in the background as system tray icon.
The search performance has been increased.
UltraSearch now brings an already running instance to the foreground, if a second instance is started.
A treatment for the special search pattern "*." has been implemented, so that files with no file extension are returned now.
You can now press the "Shift" key while deleting folders or files to remove them directly from the drive instead of moving them to the recycle bin.
If an USB flash drive is removed from the system, it is now also removed from the drive list.
The hints have been improved.
It is now possible to rename files or folders within the search result list.
The number of files on the system which can be handled by UltraSearch has been increased to a value of 12.5 million.
UltraSearch now refreshes its internal index automatically in the background from time to time.
UltraSearch shows the number of selected files and folders in the status bar, if more than one file or folder is selected in the result list.
Some of the hints are now shown in a tool tip manner.
Added "Copy full Path to Clipboard" to context menu of the result list.
Bugfix: In some cases the search in UltraSearch came to a state where UltraSearch did nothing but showed "Searching ...".
Bugfix: After denying to delete an item on the result list, the item vanished from the view until the index was refreshed.
Bugfix: In some cases the refreshing of the index using F5 led to missing results or to not showing any visual effects.
Bugfix: Refreshing of the index multiple times doesn't lead to an increasing delay in displaying the results now.
Bugfix: The unchecking of a drive if it is actually examined leads to a stop of the examination immediately now.
Bugfix:UltraSearch had left a handle open to an external drive.
Bugfix: In some cases the exclude filter seemed to be active although it was unchecked.
Bugfix: For some system files in the column "Path" were shown their names.

 

Version 1.4.1 : Released on 04th October 2010

Increased performance if the exclude filter is active.
Increased performance when sorting by name.
A few minor bugfixes and improvements have been incorporated.

 

Version 1.4 : Released on 22th September 2010

Supports now search for folders, too.
Added exclude filter including predefined filters.
Introduced main menu bar (file, edit, search, view and help).
It is now possible to determine the size unit used to display the file sizes.
The result list can now be saved in HTML and RTF format by choosing the appropriate format in the "Save" dialog.
Added support for disabling/enabling time values in date columns.
Added columns attributes, creation date and file type.
Removable drives are now supported (e.g. flash drives).
Added check for update function.
Introduced status bar to display main menu hint text on mouse over event.
Bugfix: If a drive was disabled after a search was started it could happen that no search results were displayed.
Bugfix: If the search result list consisted only of a few items and a double click was performed below the last item then the last selected entry was executed.
Bugfix: Status bar changed position with drive list after application restart.
Bugfix: In some cases an error occurred if a file of a recycle bin was deleted.
Windows 2000 is no longer supported.

 

Version 1.3 Beta : Released on 3rd May 2010

Added search pattern to search for an exact match: Put the requested name in quotation marks.
Added buttons: print, save and copy list to clipboard.
Added button to perform a full refresh including the index.
Added support for Hot keys: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Del.
Drag&Drop operations are now possible.
Supports now passing of patterns via the command line.
Bugfix: Result list does not reload totally after deleting a file/files anymore.
Bugfix: The scroll position and sort order will remain also.

 

Version 1.2.1 Beta : Released on 11th Feb 2010

UltraSearch passed the "Compatible with Windows 7" logo test.
Improved speed for some search patterns.
It is now possible to export the result list as text or CSV file.
The path is now displayed without file name in the path column.
Bugfix: Some search results were added twice to the result list.
Bugfix: No default drive was selected for the first startup after the installation.
Bugfix: Occasionally drive C:\ was added multiple times to the drive list.
Bugfix: Sometimes files without information were shown.
Bugfix: The Application could crash during the very first run.
Bugfix: Improved error handling if the user has insufficient rights for accessing the MFT.
Bugfix: Sort order of "Last Access Date" was incorrect.
Bugfix: If the length of a path was larger than 255 characters an error message occurred.
A few minor improvements have been incorporated.

 

Version 1.2 Beta : Released on 25th Dec 2009

First official release.