UltraSearch Free Changelog

New Features

• Starting with this version, UltraSearch offers a Professional Edition with extended functionality. You can find more information on our website.
• Searching on network drives is now supported.
• The user interface has been updated and adapted to the ribbon design of Windows Explorer.
• In addition to the NTFS file system, other file systems such as Fat32 or exFat can be searched.
• New file operations can be used to conveniently move, delete and zip selected files and much more. (Professional Edition only)
• The HTML and Excel export have been revised and are now exclusively available in the ‘Professional Edition’.
• The result list can now also be exported to a PDF file. (Professional Edition only)
• The input mask for search patterns has been completely revised and the input fields for file names, file types and file contents have been combined into one common input field.
• The new "Query Composer" supports you with an extended input mask and detailed explanations when entering your search.
• UltraSearch now offers its own search syntax with which the search queries can be formulated even more precisely. For more information please refer to our help file.
• For a better selection of results, element checkboxes for the result list can be activated under 'View'. (Professional Edition only)
• The program hotkey can now be freely configured in the options menu.
• After entering a search pattern, you can switch to the result list by pressing the F3 key.
• The keywords of the new language syntax are now highlighted in color for a better overview.
• Incorrect entries when using the new language syntax are displayed in red.
• The search can now be stopped using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Enter.
• Support for Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 has been discontinued with this version.

Improvements

• The product logo has been updated. (Professional Edition only)
• UltraSearch is now also available in Italian, Greek, Slovenian, Czech, Chinese (Simplified) and Korean.
• The language of the user interface can be changed without restarting the program.
• Office, video or audio files can be conveniently searched for at the push of a button using the file type search in the new ribbon bar.
• UltraSearch can now be started without administrator rights.

Bugfixes

• In the options menu you now can create a portable version of UltraSearch if required. (Professional Edition only)
• Opening URL files by double-clicking now works correctly.
• The import of file types in the file groups now works without freezing the application.
• When exporting file information to an Excel file, the application sometimes stopped responding to user input. This problem has been fixed.
• An error during printing that caused an empty result list to be printed has been fixed.

29 September 2020

• The search speed when searching subfolders has been increased significantly.
• The Windows Explorer context menu entries can now also be activated in the portable version under "Options > Explorer context menu".
• UltraSearch now uses the keyboard shortcut "Win + Shift + U" by default to minimize the application or bring it to the foreground.

23 April 2019

Improvements

• UltraSearch now scales better on high DPI resolution monitors.

Bugfixes

• The search reset button is now available if no search path is selected.
• The message "Network drives are not supported" was displayed incorrectly in some cases. This issue has been resolved.
• The options toolbar did not appear after an update in some cases. This bug has been fixed.
• The width of the file preview window is no longer reset when UltraSearch is restarted.
• In some cases, the application started without focus. This issue has been resolved.
• The display of the attributes has been revised and now includes the attributes "Pinned" (P) and "Unpinned" (U).
• An error in the search for file contents has been fixed.
• When navigating through the drive list using the tab key, only one drive will be selected.
• Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

15 April 2019

New Features

• UltraSearch is now also available in French, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese. Other languages will follow.
• The search for file content can now be started with several search terms at the same time. The syntax {search-word1; search-word2; search-word3} makes it possible to find files containing all of the given words.

Improvements

• It is now possible to start UltraSearch in a compact view with some of the optional user interface controls hidden.
• The search for file groups during the MFT enumeration is accelerated considerably.
• UltraSearch now scales better on high DPI resolution monitors.
• The option to reset the drive list has been renamed to "Reset to default".

Bugfixes

• The application did not respond to user input in some cases. This issue has been resolved.
• An error while updating the MFT index has been fixed.
• The stability of the 32-bit version of UltraSearch has been improved significantly.
• Searching non-writable drives works again.
• Renaming files did not work in some cases. This issue has been resolved.
• The creation of context menu entries under Windows 7 now works again.
• An error while searching Bitlocker encrypted drives has been fixed.
• Unpinned drives were marked incorrectly as "Pinned" in the drive list. This issue has been resolved.
• The context menu entry "Open File Location" now works again in case that UltraSearch was started in another user context.
• Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

28 February 2019

Features:

• The file content is now displayed in a preview window on the right.
• Paths and drives can now be pinned to the drive list.
• A new button to stop the current search has been added.
• The language can now be changed via the user interface at "View> Language".
• The user interface now offers a "Delete" button which can be used to remove all entered search criteria.
• An option to use regular expressions has been added.
• The option "Ignore Umlauts/Accents" lets you specify whether umlauts and accents shall be included in the search.
• A new option lets you decide whether to include results in subfolders or not.
• The search history can now be deleted.
• The font size of the result list can now be set in the options.
• An option to select all drives has been added to the context menu of the drive list.
• The user will now be notified via a notification windows when the current search is complete.
• Bitlocker encrypted drives are now supported.
• The TreeSize file search can now be started via "Advanced Search" (if installed).

Improvements:

• The enumeration of the Master File Table (MFT) has been accelerated.
• The drive list has been revised. Drives can be selected or deselected faster via additional checkboxes.
• In many cases the search results are already displayed while the MFT is being read.
• If the option "Start with Windows" is activated the user account control is no longer displayed when UltraSearch is started
• Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are no longer supported.

Bugfixes:

• The message "Network drives not are supported" was displayed incorrectly in some cases.
• Sorting the "File Version" column now works correctly.
• The drive information in the drive list was not updated correctly. This issue has been resolved.
• An error during the update or uninstallation while the application was running has been fixed.
• Further small bugfixes and improvements.

06 November 2018

• The drive list can also be expanded via right-click now.
• Bugfix: It is now easier to see that the drive list can be expanded.
• Bugfix: Searches on virtual hard disks resulted in an error in some cases. This problem has been solved.
• Bugfix: A minor problem occurring when minimizing UltraSearch to the system tray via shortcut has been fixed.
• Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

19 July 2016

• Bugfix: An error occurring while starting UltraSearch has been fixed.
• Bugfix: The option 'Always sort results' was not recognized after a program restart. This problem has been solved.
• Bugfix: In some cases starting UltraSearch via command line parameters yielded wrong results. This issue has been fixed.
• Bugfix: The values of the 'File version' column were not calculated until a row was selected. This error has been resolved.
• Bugfix: Some settings were reverted during a program update. This is no longer the case.
• The icons of the exclude filter and the file groups have been updated.

01 July 2016

• UltraSearch now supports searching for file content.
• The drive list has been completely redesigned. It has been moved from the bottom of the result list to its top.
• Use the new drive list to search in single folders or entire drives.
• The new 'File type selection' enables the user to search for specific file groups or file types (e.g. 'Office Files', 'Video Files'). The file groups can be configured via 'Search > File Groups...'.
• UltraSearch now supports command line parameters, which can be used to start UltraSearch with specific search parameters.
• The icons have been revised to fit the style of Windows 10.
• The search results are now displayed even faster.
• The option 'Autocomplete Patterns' has been replaced by the option 'Suggest Patterns'.  This option displays a dropdown list beneath the search field containing one or more suggested patterns based on the recently used search patterns.
• The automatic update of the MFT-Index in the systems RAM can now be deactivated via 'Options > Include file system changes'.
• A progress dialog is now displayed during the export of large result lists.
• A new menu entry with information about an advanced search with TreeSize (search network drives, search for duplicate files and much more) has been added.
• The menu entry 'Options Toolbar' has been renamed to 'Toolbars'. The submenu entry 'Show' is now called 'Options Toolbar'.
• The advertising banner has been removed.
• Bugfix: A bug concerning the sorting order of search results during a search has been fixed.
• Bugfix: If the option 'Skip User Account Control Warning' was activated and the program had been renamed or moved to another folder, UltraSearch did not start. This bug has been fixed.
• Bugfix: Searching for file paths ending with a dot produced wrong results. This problem has been resolved.
• Bugfix: In some cases the exclude filter excluded the wrong files. This issue has been fixed.
• Bugfix: The preview of the excluded files in the exclude filter now also displays the exclusion of hidden files.
• Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes and improvements have been implemented.

20 June 2016

• The search speed has been increased for specific search patterns.
• The file author is now set when exporting the search results to an Excel file.
• Bugfix: UltraSearch crashed occasionally when a removable drive was removed. This error has been fixed.
• Bugfix: An error occurring while reading the MFT (Master File Table) on some drives has been fixed.
• Bugfix: The progress bar was not displayed in some cases. This issue has been fixed.
• Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

23 March 2015

• Added support for hard drives with a sector size of 4K.
• Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

02 March 2015

• When opening a file or folder via 'Open Containing Folder' the file selected in UltraSearch will also be selected in the Windows Explorer.
• Bugfix: An error occurring while reading the MFT (Master File Table) on some drives has been fixed.
• Bugfix: File system changes caused errors in some cases. This issue has been fixed.
• Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

12 Februrary 2015

• A completely redesigned scanning mechanism for reading the MFT (Master File Table) has been implemented.
• A new search algorithm for faster searches has been implemented.
• The memory usage has been greatly reduced.
• The speed of sorting the search results has been greatly increased.
• The new scanning mechanism now always detects NTFS hardlinks. The option to enable/disable NTFS hardlinks has been removed.
• A new options toolbar has been added, enabling the user to quickly switch between file search and folder search and to de-/activate the exclude filter.
• A new button was added next to the search input field, enabling the user to browse for a folder to search in.
• An option to hide and reset the options toolbar was added.
• The 'Auto Sort' option was renamed to 'Always Sort Results'.
• The option 'Always Sort Results' will now be taken into account even after a restart of UltraSearch.
• Pressing the F3 key now focuses the search pattern and allows the user to instantly enter a new search pattern.
• The order of columns in the drive list can now be changed via Drag&Drop.
• Scrolling through the recently used search patterns has been disabled.
• The number of recently used search patterns has been limited to 15.
• Icons have been added to the menus.
• Bugfix: Refreshing the search during an ongoing search causes missing search results in some cases. This bug has been fixed.
• Bugfix: When starting UltraSearch via context menu the search input field is now selected correctly so that the user can immediately specify a search pattern.
• Bugfix: The option 'Autocomplete Patterns' now works properly.
• Bugfix: Disabled columns are now memorized after a restart of UltraSearch.
• Bugfix: File system changes are now detected corretly.
• Bugfix: A bug which caused UltraSearch to crash during a search in rare cases has been fixed.
• Bugfix: Numerous other enhancements and bugfixes have been incorporated.

18 December 2014