| Advanced Find and Replace | | Search local documents with AltaVista-like queries and replace entire paragraphs. Win32 graphical shareware. |
| Agent Ransack | | Freeware graphical file searching that supports regular expressions for Windows. |
| AGREP for VMS | | A Unix "grep" program with approximate matching capabilities, ported to VMS by J.Lauret. |
| AGREP, an approximate GREP | | Powerful tool for fast approximate fuzzy text searching files for strings, regular expressions. User-definable records. Open Source for OS/2, DOS, Win3.x and Win95/NT. |
| Arstechnica.com | | Review of five Windows desktop search programs, covering what is indexed, mechanism used for search, how search results are displayed (interface quality) and how they are ranked for relevancy (if at all). |
| AstroGrep v2.0 | | Free Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility that supports regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature. |
| Ava Find | | Find any file on the computer including mp3 files, programs on the Start Menu, in under a second. |
| Copernic Desktop Search | | Indexes contents of a desktop machine and allows searching via a search box built into the taskbar. Results displayed in client window. [Windows] |
| Deductus | | Fast search tool, search local disks, network, CDs, and ZIPs with case sensitive searching. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME] |
| DivlocSoft | | 'Actual Search & Replace' is an easy to use utility to search and replace across multiple files. For the found files, it shows lines containing highlighted searched words and phrases. |
| Ecrew Developers | | Perform a search of files in your local network or on a single computer. Select a number of parameters including file masks, searching strings, file attributes and size, and dates. (Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000) |
| Effective File Search | | Search any files on your computer or local network with this effective shareware tool for Windows XP/2000/9X/NT. Windows Explorer functionality and many useful features for small business. |
| Eluent Software | | A collection of utilities including Eluent Replace, an interactive, multi-file search and replace program that uses Perl regular expressions and scripting, and Eluent Find, a file contents searcher and viewer. [Win 95/98/ME/NT4/2000] |
| Enterprise Search | | Search engine software for indexing and searching local file systems, web sites, and Intranets. |
| Examine32 | | Text search utility for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, supports zip archives and regular expressions. Shareware from Aquila Software. |
| File Locator | | Find any file on the computer including MP3s files, movies, documents, and applications. Free trial version available for download. [Windows] |
| Filehunter Software | | Developer of shareware programs to search and locate files. Featured products are FindReplaceExcel, Zipsearch, and Filehunter. Product specifications, screenshots, and downloads. |
| Files Search Assistant | | Search quick and efficient within text documents by using different file formats. Custom search options, generate reports, print or save to file. | |
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