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
v4.4 • April 16, 2015
Great improvements to speed and responsiveness while running searches
Added a 'Cut' option to the results context menu
New command line parameter to start FileSeek with the "Query is RegEx" option enabled
Exporting to CSV will now use the correct culture specific list separator
v4.3 • March 27, 2015
Added a new tab to the Settings window that will allow users to view, enable, and disable preview handlers
Moved the advanced setting to disable preview handlers to the new Preview Handler tab in the Settings window
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
Added a new advanced setting: "Don't use icons in result list"
Huge memory usage improvements
FileSeek will no longer crash when trying to load corrupt preview handlers
v4.2 • March 4, 2015
FileSeek will now show a preview for some apps in a new preview window beside the results text box
Added an option to show a message if FileSeek finds an empty folder
Added an option to treat the Exclude Path field as a wildcard
FileSeek has a new advanced setting to allow you to turn previews off
FileSeek has a new advanced setting to allow you to set a custom file decoder
FileSeek has a new advanced setting to allow you to turn off the warning when you clear your search history
Resolved an issue where the folder browse dialog was not opening at the last selected path
Treat exclude path as wildcard option will now work correctly
v4.1.1 • February 5, 2015
Resolved an issue with the "treat query as one phrase" option
v4.1 • February 3, 2015
The context menu in Windows Explorer can now handle opening multiple files in one instance of FileSeek
You can now drag and drop files into the Include and Exclude files and paths text boxes to automatically append them
A new image preview area has been added to the results pane
FileSeek now searches root network paths correctly
Resolved an issue where the include files box gets cleared when opening FileSeek from the Explorer context menu
Resolved an issue where date filters were not saved correctly in search profiles
v4.0.1 • January 2, 2015
Fixed some minor issues
v4.0 • December 17, 2014
Added the ability to customize the date format used by FileSeek
FileSeek now searches through root folders before nested folders
Added a new search option to skip searching of hidden files and folders
Added a new search option to skip searching of system files and folders
Added a new search option to show an error when skipping hidden files and folders
Added a new search option to show an error when skipping system files and folders
FileSeek now shows the total size of all files it searched in the status bar
Default search profiles now start with the "Show folders that match include files" option set to off
FileSeek will now properly search through folders that contain more than 10,000 files and folders
Resolved an issue where FileSeek did not restore its position properly
Resolved an issue where FileSeek did not save search profiles properly
File Handler improvements
v3.3 • August 8, 2014
Added 2 new options to search for file/folders names only against the "include files" filter
No shows a warning if a searched PDF has no text
Added a "Permanently Delete Selected Files" option to the context menu
Improved UI control sizes for non-English languages
Big-5 file encoding improvements
Cyrillic file encoding improvements
Improvements with date filtering and AND/OR
Text query bug fixes (quoted phrases... etc)
Line breaks now works correctly in DOCX files (and others)
No more "index out of bounds" errors when searching inside some files
v3.2.1 • June 18, 2014
HTML export files now contain links to the files and folders
You can now change the behaviour of the Date Filters to AND or OR
Icons for "Other Application" in the Settings Window no longer disappear
Font scaling compatibility improvements
v3.2 • June 16, 2014
Improved the "Other Applications" tab in the Settings window
Added the option to minimize or close FileSeek to the system tray
Added an option to pass multiple files to the same instance, instead of opening multiple instances
Added an option to treat query text as one large search term
Added an option to skip a file being read after a certain number of seconds
Date filter "From" dates now are set to midnight instead of the current time
Added a command line option "-start", which executes a search as soon as FileSeek starts
Query tooltip will now change as you type in the query text field
Added an "Extension" column to the search results
The "File" column in the search results is now called "File Name"
New UI icons to make it more consistent with other Binary Fortress Software applications
Fixed an issue where the "Exclude Folder" filters were being ignored
Resolved an issue where the date filters were not set to the correct value
Massive performance improvements while searching
v3.1.4 • November 12, 2013
"Double-Click Action" drop-down was missing from the Settings window
"Growl for Windows" compatibility improvements
v3.1.3 • October 7, 2013
Added "Growl for Windows" integration (enabled by default if you have Growl for Windows installed)
Small performance and stability improvements
v3.1.2 • September 11, 2013
Exported HTML and CSV search results now show the start and end time
Minor UI error message improvements
v3.1.1 • July 19, 2013
Added an option to enable or disable tooltips
Added an option to always start FileSeek with a blank search profile
Added information from the status bar to exported HTML results
FileSeek now supports better font rendering for East Asian languages
Resolved an issue where the file handler names didn't properly load in the Settings window
File Handler processing for text files no longer ignores blank lines
Font scaling improvements
Text query improvements
v3.1 • June 6, 2013
Added the ability to filter within search results
The option to show more lines before and after a result in the preview pane is now avaliable per-search
Added new command line options
All file filters now have the option to search by a RegEx value
ToolTip display time has been increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds
Split the "show lines before/after" into 2 separate settings
All Language names are now capitalized
Folder results no longer get shown when minimum file size filter is set
Resolved an issue where copying text from the preview pane caused an error
Preview pane now correctly remembers it's size
Deleting long file paths now works correctly in all situations
Fixed an error that caused text copying to fail from the preview pane
Exclude Paths is now a wildcard by default
v3.0 • April 26, 2013
The FileSeek UI is now translated into other languages
Searches can now be opened in new tabs
Added Search Profiles for configuring and saving your searches for use later
Search Profiles can by sync'd between computers
Searches are now multi-threaded for better performance
Added support for long file paths (searching, querying, deleting)
Date Created is now shown in the search results
Date Accessed is now shown in the search results
Added more command line parameters
Search results can be dragged from the FileSeek window into other applications
Window title is now set to the current search parameters
You can now filter results by: Date Created, Date Modified, Date Accessed, File Size (minimum and maximum)
Added a more advanced query syntax for searching inside files
Added the ability to exclude folders from searches
The Windows context menu items now have the FileSeek icon
Added an option to show more preview lines for search results
Added the ability to export search results to CSV
Added the ability to export search results to HTML
Added an option to copy the folder names for search results
Added an option to configure the default double-click behaviour for search results
Added a "Pause" button for pausing searches
Added support for environment variables in the include/exclude paths field
Auto-updater now supports a single click update for FileSeek Pro users
Various UI and performance issues have been resolved
Sorting and searching in non-English languages is much improved
Resolved an issue that prevented accented characters from being properly matched
Resolved an issue that caused the enter key to open the selected search result twice
The "open" actions now support more than 1 file (you can open multiple result files now)
The folder browsing window has been updated to look more modern
Search results no longer appear in the wrong search tab when opening new searches quickly
Resolved a text highlighting issue related to whole-file searches
v2.1.3 • April 4, 2011
"Open with Other Application" now passes the correct line number when using a non-English locale
Menu colours where sometimes displayed incorrectly when a custom colour scheme was used in Windows
v2.1.2 • February 18, 2011
CTRL + A now selects all of the results
Fixed some stability and performance issues
v2.1.1 • January 15, 2011
File size filter is now separated into minimum and maximum, and now has a units selector (bytes, KB, MB, GB)
New 'Internet Connection Settings' window for configuring proxy settings more easily