Sometimes I'm looking for a certain file or a certain text in a file. Often I just use the Windows search function by right clicking on a certain folder in Windows Explorer and choose 'search'. Also my Delphi programming environment has a find in text in file function and I make extensive use of it.

At times I'm looking for a certain text in a certain file. For that kind of searches I'm using a tool called Agent Ransack. This tool is better at finding a certain text in a certain file, because the Windows search function does not search in all files that you specify. The Windows search function searches only in files that are known to contain text, like files with a .doc or .txt file-extension. Windows search is optimizing search for a text in files, however this is not always desired behaviour.

Because I'm a programmer, I also look for text in files with for example a .pas or .edi file-extension. The tool Agent Ransack will also search for text in these kind of files. Agent Ransack can be downloaded from the following site:

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack

It seems that Agent Ransack is faster than the standard Windows search function and it offers more functionality.

Agent Ransack is a free download.