Notice: FileSeek no longer supports Windows XP or Vista. To use FileSeek with these operating systems, you will need to use an older version of FileSeek
Notice: Now requires the .NET Framework 4.6 (installed automatically if needed)
Change: General UI and font improvements
v5.2 • November 22, 2016
Notice: FileSeek no longer supports Windows XP or Vista. To use FileSeek with these operating systems, you will need to use an older version of FileSeek
Notice: Now requires the .NET Framework 4.6 (installed automatically if needed)
Change: General UI improvements
Fix: Resolved an issue where FileSeek would sometimes show an error when viewing a search result
Fix: Fixed an issue with mouse wheel scrolling
v5.1 • August 9, 2016
Change: Now targeting the .NET Framework 4.0, which will automatically install during setup if needed
Change: General UI improvements
Change: Added an option to rename files and folders (one result at a time)
Change: You can now drag and drop results into the search fields
Change: New command line parameter to start FileSeek in the system tray (-tray)
Change: Search criteria will change back to the way it was before after clicking the 'Search in New Tab' button
Change: FileSeek will now only sync search profiles when starting from the command line if it needs to load a profile
Change: FileSeek can now extend a query through multiple lines of a file
Fix: FileSeek will now search though large files correctly when using File Handlers
Fix: Custom column setups will now work correctly
Fix: Exported column names will no longer have ampersand characters in them
Fix: Fixed an issue where FileSeek couldn't find files with no extension
Fix: Fixed an issue where FileSeek was unresponsive when querying large files
Fix: FileSeek will now export extra lines correctly when saving search results
Fix: Asterisks (wildcards) will now work correctly in the Exclude Paths field
Fix: Advanced settings will now save properly
v5.0.1 • November 8, 2015
Fix: Improvements for high contrast themes and classic mode theme
v5.0 • November 2, 2015
Change: New and improved user interface
Change: Performance improvements
Change: Added support for Windows 10 per-monitor DPI scaling
Change: Columns in the search result list can now be modified
Change: It is now possible to sort by more than one column (add extra sort columns to sort by holding down the shift key and clicking on the column header)
Change: Default sort is now by file name, then line number
Change: The column sort settings will be kept when starting another search on the same tab
Change: The Result List will now be focused after the first result is added
Change: Added the ability to import and export Search Profiles
Change: Added the option to force FileSeek to use a single instance
Change: New Text Query equality modifier (see FAQ for more information)
Change: The lines shows before and after a search result has been increased from 10 to 100
Change: You can now specify a name for the "Other Application" menu item
Change: FileSeek now has group policy support
Fix: Resolved an issue where FileSeek sometimes opened shell32.dll instead of the selected file
Fix: Dragging files from the result list will work now
Fix: Drive letters can now be entered without a trailing backslash
Fix: Column widths are now saved and restored correctly
Fix: Resolved an issue where single clicking on two different items quickly would treat the input as a double click
v4.5 • June 18, 2015
Change: Removed the OR keyword for the query field, just use a space now. For example "cats OR dogs" is now just "cats dogs". If you want to find cats AND dogs, just use "+cats +dogs".
Change: Added the option to use Text Queries for included and excluded file filters
Fix: Fixed an issue where results removed from the results list would cause problems
Fix: Paths and file names with numbers in the results now sort correctly
Fix: Fixed various 32-bit related issues
Fix: Fixed an issue where the file list columns would stay pressed after a mouse drag
v4.4 • April 16, 2015
Change: Great improvements to speed and responsiveness while running searches
Change: Added a 'Cut' option to the results context menu
Change: New command line parameter to start FileSeek with the "Query is RegEx" option enabled
Fix: Exporting to CSV will now use the correct culture specific list separator
v4.3 • March 27, 2015
Change: Added a new tab to the Settings window that will allow users to view, enable, and disable preview handlers
Change: Moved the advanced setting to disable preview handlers to the new Preview Handler tab in the Settings window
Change: There is a new option in the Search settings that will allow users to export extra lines when saving search results to CSV and HTML
Change: Added a new advanced setting: "Don't use icons in result list"
Fix: Huge memory usage improvements
Fix: FileSeek will no longer crash when trying to load corrupt preview handlers
v4.2 • March 4, 2015
Change: FileSeek will now show a preview for some apps in a new preview window beside the results text box
Change: Added an option to show a message if FileSeek finds an empty folder
Change: Added an option to treat the Exclude Path field as a wildcard
Change: FileSeek has a new advanced setting to allow you to turn previews off
Change: FileSeek has a new advanced setting to allow you to set a custom file decoder
Change: FileSeek has a new advanced setting to allow you to turn off the warning when you clear your search history
Fix: Resolved an issue where the folder browse dialog was not opening at the last selected path
Fix: Treat exclude path as wildcard option will now work correctly
v4.1.1 • February 5, 2015
Fix: Resolved an issue with the "treat query as one phrase" option
v4.1 • February 3, 2015
Change: The context menu in Windows Explorer can now handle opening multiple files in one instance of FileSeek
Change: You can now drag and drop files into the Include and Exclude files and paths text boxes to automatically append them
Change: A new image preview area has been added to the results pane
Fix: FileSeek now searches root network paths correctly
Fix: Resolved an issue where the include files box gets cleared when opening FileSeek from the Explorer context menu
Fix: Resolved an issue where date filters were not saved correctly in search profiles
v4.0.1 • January 2, 2015
Fix: Fixed some minor issues
v4.0 • December 17, 2014
Change: Added the ability to customize the date format used by FileSeek
Change: FileSeek now searches through root folders before nested folders
Change: Added a new search option to skip searching of hidden files and folders
Change: Added a new search option to skip searching of system files and folders
Change: Added a new search option to show an error when skipping hidden files and folders
Change: Added a new search option to show an error when skipping system files and folders
Fix: FileSeek now shows the total size of all files it searched in the status bar
Fix: Default search profiles now start with the "Show folders that match include files" option set to off
Fix: FileSeek will now properly search through folders that contain more than 10,000 files and folders
Fix: Resolved an issue where FileSeek did not restore its position properly
Fix: Resolved an issue where FileSeek did not save search profiles properly
Fix: File Handler improvements
v3.3 • August 8, 2014
Change: Added 2 new options to search for file/folders names only against the "include files" filter
Fix: No shows a warning if a searched PDF has no text
Fix: Added a "Permanently Delete Selected Files" option to the context menu
Fix: Improved UI control sizes for non-English languages
Fix: Big-5 file encoding improvements
Fix: Cyrillic file encoding improvements
Fix: Improvements with date filtering and AND/OR
Fix: Text query bug fixes (quoted phrases... etc)
Fix: Line breaks now works correctly in DOCX files (and others)
Fix: No more "index out of bounds" errors when searching inside some files
v3.2.1 • June 18, 2014
Change: HTML export files now contain links to the files and folders
Change: You can now change the behaviour of the Date Filters to AND or OR
Fix: Icons for "Other Application" in the Settings Window no longer disappear
Fix: Font scaling compatibility improvements
v3.2 • June 16, 2014
Change: Improved the "Other Applications" tab in the Settings window
Change: Added the option to minimize or close FileSeek to the system tray
Change: Added an option to pass multiple files to the same instance, instead of opening multiple instances
Change: Added an option to treat query text as one large search term
Change: Added an option to skip a file being read after a certain number of seconds
Change: Date filter "From" dates now are set to midnight instead of the current time
Change: Added a command line option "-start", which executes a search as soon as FileSeek starts
Change: Query tooltip will now change as you type in the query text field
Change: Added an "Extension" column to the search results
Change: The "File" column in the search results is now called "File Name"
Change: New UI icons to make it more consistent with other Binary Fortress Software applications
Fix: Fixed an issue where the "Exclude Folder" filters were being ignored
Fix: Resolved an issue where the date filters were not set to the correct value
Fix: Massive performance improvements while searching
v3.1.4 • November 12, 2013
Fix: "Double-Click Action" drop-down was missing from the Settings window
Fix: "Growl for Windows" compatibility improvements
v3.1.3 • October 7, 2013
Change: Added "Growl for Windows" integration (enabled by default if you have Growl for Windows installed)
Fix: Small performance and stability improvements
v3.1.2 • September 11, 2013
Change: Exported HTML and CSV search results now show the start and end time
Fix: Minor UI error message improvements
v3.1.1 • July 19, 2013
Change: Added an option to enable or disable tooltips
Change: Added an option to always start FileSeek with a blank search profile
Change: Added information from the status bar to exported HTML results
Fix: FileSeek now supports better font rendering for East Asian languages
Fix: Resolved an issue where the file handler names didn't properly load in the Settings window
Fix: File Handler processing for text files no longer ignores blank lines
Fix: Font scaling improvements
Fix: Text query improvements
v3.1 • June 6, 2013
Change: Added the ability to filter within search results
Change: The option to show more lines before and after a result in the preview pane is now avaliable per-search
Change: Added new command line options
Change: All file filters now have the option to search by a RegEx value
Change: ToolTip display time has been increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds
Change: Split the "show lines before/after" into 2 separate settings
Change: All Language names are now capitalized
Fix: Folder results no longer get shown when minimum file size filter is set
Fix: Resolved an issue where copying text from the preview pane caused an error
Fix: Preview pane now correctly remembers it's size
Fix: Deleting long file paths now works correctly in all situations
Fix: Fixed an error that caused text copying to fail from the preview pane
Fix: Exclude Paths is now a wildcard by default
v3.0 • April 26, 2013
Changed: The FileSeek UI is now translated into other languages
Changed: Searches can now be opened in new tabs
Changed: Added Search Profiles for configuring and saving your searches for use later
Changed: Search Profiles can by sync'd between computers
Changed: Searches are now multi-threaded for better performance
Changed: Added support for long file paths (searching, querying, deleting)
Changed: Date Created is now shown in the search results
Changed: Date Accessed is now shown in the search results
Changed: Added more command line parameters
Changed: Search results can be dragged from the FileSeek window into other applications
Changed: Window title is now set to the current search parameters
Changed: You can now filter results by: Date Created, Date Modified, Date Accessed, File Size (minimum and maximum)
Changed: Added a more advanced query syntax for searching inside files
Changed: Added the ability to exclude folders from searches
Changed: The Windows context menu items now have the FileSeek icon
Changed: Added an option to show more preview lines for search results
Changed: Added the ability to export search results to CSV
Changed: Added the ability to export search results to HTML
Changed: Added an option to copy the folder names for search results
Changed: Added an option to configure the default double-click behaviour for search results
Changed: Added a "Pause" button for pausing searches
Changed: Added support for environment variables in the include/exclude paths field
Changed: Auto-updater now supports a single click update for FileSeek Pro users
Fixed: Various UI and performance issues have been resolved
Fixed: Sorting and searching in non-English languages is much improved
Fixed: Resolved an issue that prevented accented characters from being properly matched
Fixed: Resolved an issue that caused the enter key to open the selected search result twice
Fixed: The "open" actions now support more than 1 file (you can open multiple result files now)
Fixed: The folder browsing window has been updated to look more modern
Fixed: Search results no longer appear in the wrong search tab when opening new searches quickly
Fixed: Resolved a text highlighting issue related to whole-file searches
v2.1.3 • April 4, 2011
Fixed: "Open with Other Application" now passes the correct line number when using a non-English locale
Fixed: Menu colours where sometimes displayed incorrectly when a custom colour scheme was used in Windows
v2.1.2 • February 18, 2011
Changed: CTRL + A now selects all of the results
Fixed: Stability and performance improvements
v2.1.1 • January 15, 2011
Changed: File size filter is now separated into minimum and maximum, and now has a units selector (bytes, KB, MB, GB)
Changed: New 'Internet Connection Settings' window for configuring proxy settings more easily
v2.1 • January 1, 2011
Changed: Added a "Clear Search History" button in the Settings window
Changed: Improved file browser for selecting the custom file editing "other application"
Changed: Added more filtering options: date created, date modified, file size by clicking the "More Options" button
Changed: New auto-updater
v2.0.4 • November 30, 2010
Changed: The "Query" field is now focused after a search is complete
Changed: The date filter can now be set to filter based on date modified or date created
v2.0.3 • November 8, 2010
Changed: Now shows a warning message when trying to search for a text string inside a known binary file type
Fixed: Some tab order issues are now corrected
v2.0.2 • September 22, 2010
Changed: Can now search the "Recycle Bin" from the Windows Explorer context menu
Changed: You can now press the DEL key to delete files from the results list
Changed: Files that are deleted from the results list are now removed from the results list
v2.0.1 • September 2, 2010
Fixed: Some UI option wording has been tweaked
Fixed: Main window and Settings window was being cropped when font scaling is used at a low resolution
v2.0 • August 25, 2010
Changed: Added a "File Size" column to the result list
Changed: Added "Copy" and "Delete" menu items for selected files
v1.9.9 • August 13, 2010
Changed: Re-designed the Settings window
Changed: Added an option to exclude certain file types from IFilter search
Changed: Renamed "IFilters" to "File Handlers" to make it easier to understand what they do
v1.9.8 • June 29, 2010
Changed: Added an option to skip link/junction files and folders (can result in less duplicate file-searching)
Changed: Added an option to treat the all "Include Files" filters as wildcards (ex: foo is treated as *foo*)
Changed: Changed the wording in the Settings window for the "Toggle file/folder name matching..." option
Fixed: Longer proxy passwords weren't saved correctly (everyone will need to re-enter their proxy password)
Fixed: Using the Date Modified filter sometimes showed incorrect "matches found" and "files searched" totals
v1.9.7 • May 14, 2010
Changed: Added an option to automatically toggle File and Folder name matching when the Query field is left blank
Changed: Pressing the "Enter" key while a search result item is selected will now open that result item (same as right-clicking on the item and selecting "Open")
Changed: Remembers the column widths of the search result list
Fixed: Window position is corrected when last position is off screen (when a monitor is disabled, for example)
Fixed: Filenames are now correctly matched when the file has no extension
v1.9.6 • April 12, 2010
Changed: Added a "Browse and Append" button for easily searching multiple paths
Changed: Results list now shows the file's icon
Fixed: Folder name matches using the "include files filter" now work correctly
v1.9.5 • April 7, 2010
Changed: Now shows the total search time after searching
Changed: Added an option to toggle sub-folder searching
Changed: Window now remembers it's position and state
v1.9.4 • February 28, 2010
Changed: The Windows Context Menu can now be shown for multiple selected result items, as long as they are in the same folder
Changed: Line numbers are no longer shown when using IFilter search (the numbers weren't correct with IFilter searches)
Fixed: OpenOffice documents can now be search using IFilters (for searching document content) without receiving the "Failed to load components" error
v1.9.3 • February 3, 2010
Changed: Moved the Filename/Folder Name match settings from the Settings window to the main search screen for quicker access
v1.9.2 • January 24, 2010
Changed: Added "Search Modes" to allow searches to be treated as [AND] or [OR] with space separated words
Changed: Added a "Show Filename matches" to the Settings window
Changed: Added a "View Settings for Popular Applications" in the Settings window to help people use the "Other Application" setting
Changed: You can now add FileSeek to the Windows Context Menus during the Setup
Fixed: Filename matches are only returned when the filename correctly matches the Query, not just the "Include Files" mask
Fixed: "Windows Explorer Context Menu" item is now correctly disabled when more than 1 search result is selected
v1.9.1 • January 6, 2010
Changed: Added a tab in the Settings window to show all of the installed IFilters
Changed: Added an option to hide file/folder access errors
Changed: Added an option to append selected folders to the Path list (for the multiple folder searching)
Changed: You can now search multiple folders by separating multiple paths with the | character (ex: C:\Test|D:\Files|F:\Stuff)
Fixed: Improved IFilter search performance for files that use the same IFilter handler
Fixed: Uninstallation now crrectly removes the Windows Context Menu entries
v1.9 • October 29, 2009
Changed: Added an option to use IFilters to search binary files
v1.8.3 • August 15, 2009
Fixed: Start/Stop buttons weren't being properly enabled/disabled when a search is in progress
v1.8.2 • August 13, 2009
Changed: Added an option to filter results by the last modified date
Changed: Renamed the "Regular expression query" option to "Process Query as a Regular Expression"
Changed: Filename matches now have a different icon than the file content matches
Changed: Double-clicking a result will now perform the default "Open", not "Open with Other Application"
Fixed: Sorting by the "Date Modified" column now works correctly
Fixed: Sorting by the "Line Number" column is now much faster
Fixed: Folder name matches now use the "Include" search pattern, as well as the "Query" text
v1.8.1 • July 17, 2009
Changed: Folder name matches are now displayed similar to filename matches (matched folder name in the "File" column, with the base path in the "Path" column
Changed: Folder name matches will only occur in the last part of the path, not the complete path (reduces false-positives)
Fixed: Folder names aren't incorrectly matched when the Query box is left blank
Fixed: File and Folder name matches both now use the "Regular expression query" setting
v1.8 • July 10, 2009
Changed: Added a "Date Modified" column to the results list
Changed: Added a "Copy" and "Select All" context menu to the results textbox
Changed: Added custom command line parameters for "open with other application" (to specify line numbers, etc)
Changed: "Open Containing Folder" now selects the file in the opened Explorer window
Changed: The results list now uses the native Explorer Windows visual style (Vista/Windows 7)
Changed: Double-clicking a result now opens the file in the user-configured editor, not the Windows default one
Changed: Now shows a "Search with FileSeek" when right-clicking a folder's background (Vista/Windows 7 only)
Changed: Added an option to show folder name matches
Fixed: Now only shows the "Successfully added context menu items..." when it works
v1.7.1 • March 11, 2009
Fixed: Resolved a default settings issue that was missed in the 1.7.0 release
Fixed: Resolved a regression that caused blank search queries to be saved incorrectly
v1.7 • March 10, 2009
Changed: Full Windows 7 support (Windows context menu settings... etc)
Changed: Added a "Windows Context Menu" option to the file result context menu
Changed: Double-clicking a search result item will open the file with the default file handler
Changed: Shows the current search path in the window caption bar
Changed: Removed the DisplayFusion banner ad in the settings window
Changed: Better update checker
Changed: Bottom status bar now shows the number of matches found / number of files searched
Changed: File result list items now show a tooltip with the full path
Changed: Now saves your search settings when starting the search, not when FileSeek is closed
Changed: The 4 search boxes now store a history of 10 items
Changed: The path box now auto-completes using a combination of the history and file system
Changed: "Current File" display now uses a middle ellipsis, instead of truncating the filename
Fixed: Now opens files correctly with 3rd party applications that require quoted command line parameters
Fixed: Some tab order issues have been fixed
Fixed: The "The specified path, file name, or both are too long" error has been fixed
v1.6 • November 9, 2008
Changed: Added an "Open with Other Application" context menu option for selected files
Changed: Added an "Open Containing Folder" context menu option for selected files
Changed: Added a "Case sensitive query" option
Changed: Now shows the folder that is currently being searched
Changed: Reworked the Settings window
Changed: Reworked the main window's top menu
Fixed: Context menu bug that always forced the included files value to be "*.*"
Fixed: Main window resizing issues
v1.5.1 • July 10, 2008
Changed: Now shows an error if the path to search doesn't exist
Changed: Status bar now says "x matches found" instead of "x lines found" (more accurate wording)
Fixed: Now properly finds files with no extension
Fixed: Issue with Windows Vista UAC (user account control) and adding the registry entries required for the context menus
v1.5 • June 24, 2008
Changed: Rebranded with new icons
Changed: Exclusion pattern is now applied to folders, as well as files
Changed: Returns filenames that match the pattern, not just file contents
Changed: Context menu item settings are now separate for files and folders
Changed: Context menu item settings are now checkboxes instead of huge buttons
v1.4 • June 1, 2008
Changed: Added a "Copy All Results" context menu item
Changed: Now checks for a valid RegEx pattern before searching (avoids matching errors later)
Fixed: Issue copying some result items to the clipboard
Fixed: Result highlighting not working sometimes
v1.3 • May 1, 2008
Changed: Search results columns are now sortable
Changed: The number of characters to show in the quick preview pane is now configurable
Changed: Added "Help > About" menu item to the top menu
Changed: Application and Installer will be signed from now on for full Windows Vista support
Added: Icons to all the menus for easier recognition
Fixed: Fixed some spelling mistakes
Fixed: The "Open" and "Open with Notepad" handlers sometimes not working
v1.2 • April 15, 2008
Added: Multiple file inclusions and exclusions using the | character to separate them
Changed: Revised about screen with new graphics and information
Fixed: Tab order issues
Fixed: Listbox flickering issue
Fixed: Stop button is now much more responsive
v1.1 • April 14, 2008
Added: Preview box at the bottom of the window for showing matched text
Added: Highlights matched words
Added: Regular Expression matching
Changed: Split the filename and path into 2 columns
Changed: Pressing enter in any box will now begin the search
Changed: The default font is now a fixed width font (Courier New)
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