Note: This is the last version of FileSeek that will install and run on Windows 7/8
Change: New results context menu item: Copy selected paths
Change: Moved result export settings to a new "Export Settings" tab
Change: New setting to exclude status line in result exports
v6.8.1 • July 19, 2023
Fix: Translation length fix
Fix: Settings export fix
Fix: Minor behind-the-scenes fixes
v6.8 • April 12, 2023
Change: Upgraded to .NET 7 framework (OS support is now Win 10 1607 and higher)
Change: Win 7, Win 8/8.1, and Win 10 versions lower than 1607 are no longer supported
Change: Added an "Open With..." context menu option for search results
Change: Double-click now performs the "Open Other Application" action
Change: Added an option to prevent FileSeek from downloading online-only cloud files when searching (Dropbox, OneDrive, etc...)
Fix: Textbox controls are now scaled correctly after minimizing to tray
Fix: Group policy UI fixes
Fix: Resolved the "Not a valid Win32 FileTime" error when searching
Fix: Resolved a multi-sort regression
Fix: If "Always start FileSeek with blank search criteria" is enabled sessions aren't remembered
Fix: Display scaling fixes
Fix: No longer crashes when a 0 byte file is passed to a file handler
Fix: Improved listview speed on the Settings File Handlers tab
Fix: Resolved an issue that prevented multiple instances of FileSeek from starting
Fix: Resolved a startup performance issue, FileSeek should start faster now
v6.7 • December 14, 2021
Change: Minor tweaks to the Settings window UI
Change: All open search tabs are now saved between FileSeek restarts
Change: New option to disable the preview pane
Change: Currently loaded search profile now gets highlighted in the menu
Change: FileSeek can now search the Windows fonts folder
Fix: Resolved a small issue when searching LNK files
Fix: Resolved an issue where the help button was sometimes missing the icon image
Fix: Resolved a small UI issue that made the window status text truncate sometimes
v6.6 • May 4, 2021
Change: Added a tooltip to the "Treat query text as on large query term" option for clarification
Change: New option to export all columns instead of only the ones enabled in the settings
Fix: Exported search results no longer have ampersands in the search header names
Fix: Fixed a minor graphical glitch with the exported HTML results
Fix: Matched text now gets highlighted correctly when using RegEx mode
v6.5 • March 15, 2021
Change: Added a loading spinner on FileSeek startup
Change: New icon set
Change: Search history is now global instead of per-profile
Fix: Font in preview pane now scales correctly on multi-DPI setups
Fix: Now renders Hindi characters correctly in the preview pane
Fix: Improvements when using the "Line Range of Search" advanced setting
Fix: "Encoding Used" column now added to CSV and HTML exports
Fix: Editing a profile now triggers a sync
Fix: HTML search criteria is now in order
Fix: Image preview is now cleared when starting a new search
Fix: File Handler FAQ link in Settings window is no longer tiny
Fix: Other UI improvements
v6.4 • June 24, 2020
Change: Added an option to skip querying files over a certain size (default is 300 MB)
Change: New Advanced Settings that allow the Include Files and Query fields to match to the full path to a file instead of just the file name
Fix: No longer prompts to sign-in when overwriting a local profile
Fix: Windows Context Menu option in results context menu now works correctly
Fix: {My Computer} and {Recycle Bin} path variables no longer case-sensitive
Fix: Recycle Bin search now returns the correct file names
v6.3 • June 24, 2020
Tab order on Search tab now cycles through all text input fields before moving to the buttons
Search tab controls no longer get scrambled with single instance mode enabled
Resolved an issue where the tab would be blank when using single instance mode and minimize to tray
Resolved an issue where RegEx queries didn't work if "Treat query text as one large query term" is enabled
No longer shows duplicate results if the same Path is entered twice on the Search tab
Status bar fix for 200% scaling
v6.2.1 • October 8, 2019
Resolved an issue that caused FileSeek to take a very long time to open on some systems
Accelerator keys (e.g. Alt + Q to jump to the Query box) now work on the Search tab
Resolved an issue where Date Filters were not correctly applying to Folders in the results
v6.2 • August 26, 2019
New tabs no longer broken after using "Close All But This"
Search tab buttons no longer continually increase in size when using font scaling
Various other font scaling fixes
Help button next to the Query box now correctly takes you to the Text Query help
Custom encoding option now works correctly for .txt files when file handlers are enabled
You can now specify multiple encoding types in the Custom File Encoding advanced setting
Exact match operator (=) now matches on word boundary instead of entire line
Added an Encoding column to the results pane (disabled by default, you can enable it in the Settings window)
General Fixes and improvements
v6.1.1 • July 9, 2018
Profile push syncing improvements
FileSeek now has an option to also search the file that the found LNK file is pointing to
General Fixes and improvements
v6.1 • February 5, 2018
Added a new result menu option that will copy the selected results and separate them by line breaks
Push syncing improvements
FileSeek will now have focus when it is first opened
Hyperlinks in the Settings window will now work properly
Exported results will now respect the "Only show matched text in a search result" option
General fixes and improvements
v6.0.1 • December 21, 2017
Resolved an issue that used the old icon in some places
v6.0 • December 21, 2017
Search Profiles are now synced instantly using realtime push syncing between computers
New Results Menu Items: Add All/Selected Results to Zip File
New Results Menu Item: Hash with HashTools (note: requires HashTools to be installed)
When the "Paths" field is empty, FileSeek will now automatically search all of your hard drives
FileSeek no longer allows duplicate Search Profile names
The Manage Search Profile window now accepts keypresses
Exclude files by RegEx now works correctly
The new search tab button no longer flickers
General fixes and improvements
v5.2.1 • November 24, 2016
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
Now requires the .NET Framework 4.6 (installed automatically if needed)
General UI and font improvements
v5.2 • November 22, 2016
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
Now requires the .NET Framework 4.6 (installed automatically if needed)
General UI improvements
Resolved an issue where FileSeek would sometimes show an error when viewing a search result
Fixed an issue with mouse wheel scrolling
v5.1 • August 9, 2016
Now targeting the .NET Framework 4.0, which will automatically install during setup if needed
General UI improvements
Added an option to rename files and folders (one result at a time)
You can now drag and drop results into the search fields
New command line parameter to start FileSeek in the system tray (-tray)
Search criteria will change back to the way it was before after clicking the 'Search in New Tab' button
FileSeek will now only sync search profiles when starting from the command line if it needs to load a profile
FileSeek can now extend a query through multiple lines of a file
FileSeek will now search though large files correctly when using File Handlers
Custom column setups will now work correctly
Exported column names will no longer have ampersand characters in them
Fixed an issue where FileSeek couldn't find files with no extension
Fixed an issue where FileSeek was unresponsive when querying large files
FileSeek will now export extra lines correctly when saving search results
Asterisks (wildcards) will now work correctly in the Exclude Paths field
Advanced settings will now save properly
v5.0.1 • November 8, 2015
Improvements for high contrast themes and classic mode theme
v5.0 • November 2, 2015
New and improved user interface
Performance improvements
Added support for Windows 10 per-monitor DPI scaling
Columns in the search result list can now be modified
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)
Default sort is now by file name, then line number
The column sort settings will be kept when starting another search on the same tab
The Result List will now be focused after the first result is added
Added the ability to import and export Search Profiles
Added the option to force FileSeek to use a single instance
New Text Query equality modifier (see FAQ for more information)
The lines shows before and after a search result has been increased from 10 to 100
You can now specify a name for the "Other Application" menu item
FileSeek now has group policy support
Resolved an issue where FileSeek sometimes opened shell32.dll instead of the selected file
Dragging files from the result list will work now
Drive letters can now be entered without a trailing backslash
Column widths are now saved and restored correctly
Resolved an issue where single clicking on two different items quickly would treat the input as a double click
v4.5 • June 18, 2015
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".
Added the option to use Text Queries for included and excluded file filters
Fixed an issue where results removed from the results list would cause problems
Paths and file names with numbers in the results now sort correctly
Fixed various 32-bit related issues
Fixed an issue where the file list columns would stay pressed after a mouse drag
