AimAtFile Fast File Search Features

AimAtFile Fast File Search is a content search software tool. The program provides the following features:

• Fast searching. AimAtFile uses fast and powerful Microsoft Indexing Service to search for files by their content.
• Local computer and network searching. The program can be used for local document search (desktop search) and for searching shared folders in a network.
• Simple and intuitive user interface. The program interface is simple and clean without redundant visual elements. It requires minimum user actions to work.  
• Flexible queries. You can enter simple queries (a word or phrase), Boolean expressions or use Indexing Service query language.
• File preview. AimAtFile lets you see the contents of found documents without opening them in their editing programs.
• File masks. The program allows to define one or multiple masks to search files using wildcards and Boolean expressions. You also can search for all files matching your content query.
• Specific folders searching. You can define a root folder to search. If you do not define it the program searches all scope of the specified Indexing Service catalog.
• Specific date range searching. You can search files that were modified within a particular date range. This range can have an open boundary. So you can search for a file modified after a specified date or before a specified date.
• Specific catalog searching. You can specify a catalog to request. Otherwise the program requests the System catalog that always exists on your computer.
• Multiple catalog searching is allowed.
• Saved searches. You can save search parameters in a file and open them from it.
• Results sorting. Results can be sorted by a file name, document title, folder, Indexing Service rank, size or modification date.
• User interface customization. The query, results and preview panels can be resized and rearranged.
• Most recently used lists. Values entered in the query fields (Query, Files, Folder, Size and Catalog) are stored and you can reuse them.
• Application integration interfaces. Command line parameters, custom URL protocol, COM interface.
• Group policy settings. System administrators can centrally manage the AimAtFile setting for users and workstations in the network environment .