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Agent RansackSearchMyFiles
Freemium

Agent Ransack is free. FileLocator Pro, with indexing and scripting, is paid.

 Free

Freeware from NirSoft with no paid tier.

Windows Windows
  • No index to build, so a search on a new folder starts instantly
  • Regular expression and boolean queries with matched lines shown inline
  • Precise filters such as time ranges, exact size ranges and file owner
  • Text and binary content search
  • Unindexed searching is slow across very large volumes
  • Office content search, indexing and scripting are FileLocator Pro features
  • Windows only
  • Freeware, not open source
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License: Freeware
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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