Hi Kurt

Found a search that's tons quicker than hard disk search, does the same plus more.

http://download.cnet.com/3271-20_4-0-7.html?fLetter=S&nomesh&type=software
scroll down until you find SearchInForm (only place I could find all versions) downloads not working from the main site

SearchInform 4.4.1 = full 30 day TRIAL version
SearchInform Desktop Free 4.3.4 = link is 404
SearchInform Desktop Free 3.0.01 = free - installed this before finding the full trial
SearchInform Free 3.3.04 = free

<15mins to index 4GB of plr - only need to do this once or when you add more plr
less than 1 second to return results for any search
searches all file types, txt, doc, pdf, zip, databases etc - can add your own
searches within zipped folders - no need to extract anything first
preview, copy to clipboard, edit* etc (can't edit files directly if you don't unzip first)
set up custom synonyms
morphing - diet, diets, dieting etc all automatic no need to set these - can disable
similarity search - lots of settings - check unique % after tuelz spinning
find dupes - set own criteria
full articles or summaries
set number of pre/post words in summary - gives results similar to pheeds.com - ie just the surrounding text to keyword - great for quick paragraph grabs
tons of other features

disadvantages
only comes with russian synonym database so have to make your own

Basically the free version is good enough if you don't want to search inside zips or do real fancy stuff.

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