I love DocFetcher! I discovered this gem of a program when Windows stopped supporting string searches in word processors other than Word.
DocFetcher might be a bit more popular than Locate32. We know about 12 links to it since March 2021 and only 12 links to Locate32. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Date, e. g. Paris_080517 for May 17th 2008 in Travels. Any general search tool like Locate32 can then instantly find all the Paris. Source: over 1 year ago
On my computer I've used Locate32 for years now. Not the youngest but works perfectly. Once the files are indexed it can find them even on disconnected drives and has lots of filtering options (which I generally don't even need). Source: over 1 year ago
People here think highly of Everything, and I presume it can do that, but I use Locate32 which satisfies all my needs. Source: almost 2 years ago
I that doesn't work, use something like Everything or Locate to index your files and search for the tar.gz extension. Source: about 2 years ago
Locate32 : The windows version of updatedb and locate commands from linux. I've never needed the contents indexed, just the name. Source: about 2 years ago
I use https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html to index and search large repos of docs. I use Papermerge for my digital file cabinet though. DocFetcher is good for searching an existing repository of files. Source: over 1 year ago
As they state, it is crap-free, free forever, cross-platform, portable, private (local only), and indexes only what you need. You can also set minimum and maximum file sizes to index. See https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html. Source: over 1 year ago
What I'd recommend is setting up a digital and/or physical technical library. Download any useful documents, books, standards etc. and store them in a clear, concise folder structure. Then create an index of the library with a tool like DocFetcher. (Think of it as Google for your technical library) This should make it fast and easy to find the relevant information when you need it. Source: over 1 year ago
DocFetcher? https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html. Source: over 1 year ago
I use Outlook for e-mail and calendars. I use Evernote to store my notes. I also have a folder in Dropbox called "docs" where I store TXT (and others like DOCX and PDF etc) files for tasks/projects like the cisco firmware update example. I use DocFetcher (https://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html) to perform search on the stored notes in TXT / DOCX / PDF / etc. Source: over 1 year ago
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