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SearchMyFiles vs Agent Ransack: catalog facts
SearchMyFiles	Agent Ransack
Free Freeware from NirSoft with no paid tier.	Freemium Agent Ransack is free. FileLocator Pro, with indexing and scripting, is paid.
Windows	Windows
Precise filters such as time ranges, exact size ranges and file owner Text and binary content search	No index to build, so a search on a new folder starts instantly Regular expression and boolean queries with matched lines shown inline
Windows only Freeware, not open source	Unindexed searching is slow across very large volumes Office content search, indexing and scripting are FileLocator Pro features
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License: Freeware	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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