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UltraSearch Changelog

What's new in UltraSearch 4.1.1.910

Jan 31, 2024
  • The user is now notified if one or more of the search paths are unavailable.
  • Corrected a problem where the paths for files and subfolders of a folder were not updated correctly when the folder was renamed via Windows Explorer.
  • An error could occur when entering a semicolon in the search form. This problem has been fixed.
  • Fixed an error in sorting search results.
  • In some cases switching between the input field and the result list with F3 did not work correctly. This problem has been fixed.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements have been made.

New in UltraSearch 4.0.2.859 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Searching for file content now returns results when searching for sentences with commas or brackets.
  • An error in the search with regular expressions has been fixed. To be able to use reserved characters of the search syntax such as brackets, commas or spaces in the search term, the search term must be enclosed in quotation marks. Wildcards are still allowed within the quotation marks. More detailed information and examples can be found in the program help.
  • The input of Japanese characters and words in syllabic script now works correctly.
  • When exporting to Excel, hyperlinks are now created in the export file for all exported file paths. Previously, only the first 65530 paths were hyperlinked due to a limitation of the Excel format.
  • If the program is started by Autostart with Windows or minimized to the system tray when closed, it now informs the user in the notification area of the taskbar about the shortcut that can be used to bring the program back to the foreground.

New in UltraSearch 4.0.0.837 (Jun 23, 2023)

  • New features:
  • When entering a search term, spaces are now no longer considered part of the search term, but as an “AND”-operator. This means that both terms must appear somewhere in the name. New Folder now finds not only folders with the name "New Folder", but also "Folder New" or "New Test Folder". Likewise, a comma is now considered an or-connection, so only one of the two terms must occur in the name for the item to be included in the search results. (Your request in feature voting)
  • When entering a search term, brackets can now be used to search even more precisely. For example, entering (readme, license) *.txt will find all text files with "readme" or "license" in the name.
  • All columns that are also supported by Windows Explorer can now be displayed. Among the more than 250 metadata columns available in this way are such things as the width, height and color depth of images or the number of pages in documents. To do this, select "View > Visible Columns > More Columns". The "Date Taken" column is now available directly in this drop-down menu.
  • The demo version of UltraSearch can now be activated by entering a license key and thus become a full version. This requires an active internet connection. The version available via the customer area can still be installed without an internet connection.
  • Improvements:
  • Search performance was improved when only a subfolder and not a whole drive is selected as search path.
  • All pinned drives are now automatically indexed in the background for faster searches when needed.
  • A new button (X) has been added to the filter bar that displays the currently active filters, which can be used to deactivate all filters with a single click.
  • A function for converting file and directory names to upper and lower case has been added to the mass renaming dialog.
  • An option has been added to the mass renaming dialog to evaluate position values from the right. An example application for this is deleting the last X characters from a file name, which is now possible.
  • The mass rename dialog now supports regular expressions when deleting specific text from file names.
  • The summary in the mass renaming dialog has been improved. The dialog now shows the number of files actually renamed in relation to the total number of files.
  • When sorting is selected, date columns are now sorted in descending order - from the youngest to the oldest date - by default. (Your request in feature voting).
  • File operations dialog: When using the log or undo script function, the information is now automatically written to an alternative file if access to the specified file is not possible.
  • The file group filter is now no longer applied to folders. As a result, it is now possible to search for specific file groups and folders at the same time.
  • UltraSearch is no longer started automatically with administrator rights. With administrator rights, the indexing of local drives is still faster, because of the direct hard disk access possible this way. You can control via "Options > Application" whether UltraSearch should always be started as administrator.
  • The filter bar directly below the ribbons now also shows whether files and/or folders are included in the search, in addition to the other search criteria. A click on the respective filter in the filter bar opens a drop-down menu to change the setting.
  • Offline files are now no longer automatically downloaded in the background when searching for file content.
  • When renaming a file, only the file name without the file extension is now selected, analogous to the behavior in Windows Explorer.
  • The option to start UltraSearch with Windows ("Options > Application > Start with Windows") is now also available when UltraSearch is started without admin rights.
  • Bugfixes:
  • File preview for image files on OneDrive now works correctly when UltraSearch is run without admin rights.
  • On program startup, the size of the main window is now correctly restored, even if the window was not completely visible on the screen when closing the program.
  • When entering invalid paths in the drive list, an error occurred under certain circumstances. The problem has been fixed.
  • Fixed an error when browsing USB sticks, where in rare cases incorrect results were displayed when the stick was removed from the USB port and added again.
  • When pressing the stop button, the already found results were removed from the results list. This error has been fixed.
  • Fixed a bug where the "Disable splash screen" option was not displayed.
  • Indexing drives without administrator rights now does not cause the user interface to be blocked for a short time.

New in UltraSearch 3.4.0.785 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • New features:
  • The search speed when searching for file content has been increased by no longer searching files without usable content (such as exe, dll or other system files) by default. Which file types should be searched during the content search can be set via a new settings dialog under Options > Configure file content search.
  • New instances of UltraSearch can now be started via the File > New Instance menu item or the shortcut key CTRL + N in order to be able to carry out further searches in parallel. Your wish in our feature voting platform.
  • The result list now has columns for file extension, MD5 checksum, owner and NTFS permissions.
  • File names can now be excluded from the search in the Query Composer. Your wish in our feature voting platform.
  • In the batch renaming dialog, buttons can now be used to add additional files and folders for renaming.
  • The bulk renaming dialog is now opened for renaming multiple files via the context menu or F2.
  • Improvements:
  • File and folder information that is already in the main memory is now retained when a drive or file path is deselected. If the drive is selected again at a later point, this information is now available without rescanning the drive.
  • The search speed of the file content search has been significantly improved through further parallelization when reading the files.
  • When loading a search without a search pattern, the current search pattern is now retained.
  • "Size" and "Occupied" columns are now sorted by descending size by default. Your wish in our feature voting platform.
  • When using date, size or file group filters, an * does not have to be entered additionally to start a search according to the selected filter criteria.
  • File and folder information for search paths that are no longer used can now be deleted from the internal cache via the context menu of the drive list.
  • Minor improvements to the status bar have been made.
  • Bugfixes:
  • File system changes on mapped network drives are now recognized correctly.
  • Other small bug fixes and improvements have been made.

New in UltraSearch 3.3.1.758 (Jun 29, 2022)

  • Languages written from right to left are now displayed correctly when entered in the search field.
  • The content search can now also search for terms with special characters in UTF-8 encoded files without the so-called "Byte Order Mark".
  • An error when starting UltraSearch with additional command line parameters has been fixed.
  • A problem opening PDF files with a comma in the file path has been fixed.
  • Deleting files via the context menu while pressing the Shift key no longer moves the files to the recycle bin but deletes them directly from the hard drive.

New in UltraSearch 3.2.0.712 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • [Professional only] The new "Filters" tab in the ribbons now offers a date filter to change the time intervals for the dates the searched files were changed, modified or accessed.
  • [Professional only] A size filter has been added to set a minimum and maximum size for searched files. This filter is also located on the new "Filters" tab.
  • [Professional only] Thanks to Bulk Rename, UltraSearch Professional now supports the simultaneous renaming of multiple files with the help of the bulk renaming dialog known from TreeSize.
  • [Professional only] The search syntax now offers the property "size:", to restrict the search to certain file sizes. More detailed information and examples can be found in the program help.
  • [Professional only] The properties "accessed:", "created:" and "modified:" can now be used to restrict the search to specific time intervals using the language syntax. More detailed information and examples can be found in the program help.
  • Vote for new features! The "Feature Voting" button on the "Help" tab takes you to our Feature Voting Platform, where you can vote on new functions for UltraSearch.
  • Improvements:
  • Added keyboard navigation to the Query Composer.
  • The options for selecting items in the result list have been moved from the "View" tab to the "Operations" tab.
  • The option to display buttons for manually starting and stopping a search has been renamed to "Show search buttons".
  • Using the command line parameter /NOADMIN, UltraSearch can be started without administrator rights.
  • When using the file content search, a message is now displayed if the components required for the content search in Office files are not installed on the system.
  • Bug fixes:
  • The internal cache was not updated correctly when files were changed in size, date or attribute. This bug has been fixed.
  • If the option "Include subfolders" is deactivated, all selected search paths are now correctly considered.
  • An error when editing the search paths has been fixed.
  • A bug when using the filter "Ignore umlauts and accents" has been fixed.
  • Using search patterns with certain combinations of wildcards and spaces may result in too many files being found. This problem has been resolved.
  • In rare cases the application stopped responding when opening "Options> Application". This bug has been fixed.
  • An error when adding an invalid file path has been fixed.
  • The status bar is now translated correctly after changing the language.

New in UltraSearch 3.1.2.678 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • Protected PDF files no longer lead to a program error in the file content search.
  • A program error when renewing the internal cache has been fixed.
  • Regular Expressions containing the wildcard * caused an error in some cases. The problem has been solved.
  • Using a Regular Expression with backslashes produced incorrect results. This bug has been corrected.

New in UltraSearch 3.1.1.670 (May 26, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • UltraSearch now has a dark theme for the user interface. Its activation can either be linked to the corresponding Windows setting or switched on and off specifically.
  • Searching for specific file types such as audio, video, or office files has been significantly simplified: By using the file type filter, the desired file type can be selected or changed and activated and deactivated with a simple click.
  • The search for file contents has been streamlined and now offers a separate entry field as in previous versions. If required, this can be activated via a button in the ribbon bar.
  • A new overview bar has been added above the search field. This will provide information about the filters that are currently active.
  • Additional buttons for starting and finishing the search can now be displayed on the "Start" tab via the options. If this option is active, a search is no longer started automatically when a search pattern is entered, but only when the button or the "Enter" key is pressed. Changing the filter settings will still automatically start a new search.
  • [Professional only] The File Operations dialog now has an option to retain the timestamps of files (creation date, modification date, last access) during a copy or move operation on the file system.
  • [Professional only] An option to disable the splash screen has been added.
  • The full version of the product can now be downloaded and installed directly from the demo version by entering the customer ID and installation key. The setup of the full version is performed automatically and unattended and can optionally be deferred until the application is closed.
  • The command line parameter/CLIPBOARD can now be used to copy search results to the clipboard for further processing.
  • Support for Windows Core Servers has been discontinued with this version.
  • Improvements:
  • The user interface has been made more intuitive: The Search tab has been removed from the ribbon bar. All search and filter functions are now located on the "Start" tab. File operations such as copying, opening or deleting files as well as export functions of the results list have been moved to a separate "Results List" tab, which is displayed when results exist and hidden when the results list is empty.
  • The menu item for opening the file path of a selected file has been adapted to the corresponding option in Windows Explorer. For this purpose, the icon has been replaced and the option has been renamed from "Open path" into " Open file path".
  • UltraSearch is now also available in Japanese, Hungarian and Portuguese (Brazil).
  • To simplify a new search entry, an existing search term will be completely selected again when clicking in the search field.
  • The support of high-resolution monitors has been enhanced.
  • When importing drive information, the drive paths are now displayed in the status bar.
  • The search syntax hints in the empty result list have been removed. More detailed information and examples can still be found in the program help.
  • The hint that UltraSearch is minimized to the notification area is now only indicated after initial activation of the corresponding option.
  • Bugfixes:
  • In some cases, UltraSearch could not be started from the taskbar. This problem has been fixed.
  • Languages written from right to left are now correctly depicted again when typed into the search field.
  • In the results list, opening a file by double-clicking would not work in some cases. This problem has been fixed.
  • An error in the selection of the target for file operations has been corrected.
  • Special settings, such as collapsing the ribbon toolbar, are now preserved beyond a restart of the program.
  • In rare occasions, results were displayed twice in the results list. This problem has been fixed.
  • Support for Windows high contrast display mode has been improved.
  • Files are now no longer deleted from the results list when the confirmation to move the files to the Recycle Bin was rejected.

New in UltraSearch 3.1.1.670 (May 26, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • UltraSearch now has a dark theme for the user interface. Its activation can either be linked to the corresponding Windows setting or switched on and off specifically.
  • Searching for specific file types such as audio, video, or office files has been significantly simplified: By using the file type filter, the desired file type can be selected or changed and activated and deactivated with a simple click.
  • The search for file contents has been streamlined and now offers a separate entry field as in previous versions. If required, this can be activated via a button in the ribbon bar.
  • A new overview bar has been added above the search field. This will provide information about the filters that are currently active.
  • Additional buttons for starting and finishing the search can now be displayed on the "Start" tab via the options. If this option is active, a search is no longer started automatically when a search pattern is entered, but only when the button or the "Enter" key is pressed. Changing the filter settings will still automatically start a new search.
  • [Professional only] The File Operations dialog now has an option to retain the timestamps of files (creation date, modification date, last access) during a copy or move operation on the file system.
  • [Professional only] An option to disable the splash screen has been added.
  • The full version of the product can now be downloaded and installed directly from the demo version by entering the customer ID and installation key. The setup of the full version is performed automatically and unattended and can optionally be deferred until the application is closed.
  • The command line parameter/CLIPBOARD can now be used to copy search results to the clipboard for further processing.
  • Support for Windows Core Servers has been discontinued with this version.
  • Improvements:
  • The user interface has been made more intuitive: The Search tab has been removed from the ribbon bar. All search and filter functions are now located on the "Start" tab. File operations such as copying, opening or deleting files as well as export functions of the results list have been moved to a separate "Results List" tab, which is displayed when results exist and hidden when the results list is empty.
  • The menu item for opening the file path of a selected file has been adapted to the corresponding option in Windows Explorer. For this purpose, the icon has been replaced and the option has been renamed from "Open path" into " Open file path".
  • UltraSearch is now also available in Japanese, Hungarian and Portuguese (Brazil).
  • To simplify a new search entry, an existing search term will be completely selected again when clicking in the search field.
  • The support of high-resolution monitors has been enhanced.
  • When importing drive information, the drive paths are now displayed in the status bar.
  • The search syntax hints in the empty result list have been removed. More detailed information and examples can still be found in the program help.
  • The hint that UltraSearch is minimized to the notification area is now only indicated after initial activation of the corresponding option.
  • Bugfixes:
  • In some cases, UltraSearch could not be started from the taskbar. This problem has been fixed.
  • Languages written from right to left are now correctly depicted again when typed into the search field.
  • In the results list, opening a file by double-clicking would not work in some cases. This problem has been fixed.
  • An error in the selection of the target for file operations has been corrected.
  • Special settings, such as collapsing the ribbon toolbar, are now preserved beyond a restart of the program.
  • In rare occasions, results were displayed twice in the results list. This problem has been fixed.
  • Support for Windows high contrast display mode has been improved.
  • Files are now no longer deleted from the results list when the confirmation to move the files to the Recycle Bin was rejected.

New in UltraSearch 3.0.0.622 (Sep 29, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Starting with this version, UltraSearch offers a Professional Edition with extended functionality. You can find more information on our website.
  • Searching on network drives is now supported.
  • The user interface has been updated and adapted to the ribbon design of Windows Explorer.
  • In addition to the NTFS file system, other file systems such as Fat32 or exFat can be searched.
  • New file operations can be used to conveniently move, delete and zip selected files and much more. (Professional Edition only)
  • The HTML and Excel export have been revised and are now exclusively available in the ‘Professional Edition’.
  • The result list can now also be exported to a PDF file. (Professional Edition only)
  • The input mask for search patterns has been completely revised and the input fields for file names, file types and file contents have been combined into one common input field.
  • The new "Query Composer" supports you with an extended input mask and detailed explanations when entering your search.
  • UltraSearch now offers its own search syntax with which the search queries can be formulated even more precisely. For more information please refer to our help file.
  • For a better selection of results, element checkboxes for the result list can be activated under 'View'. (Professional Edition only)
  • The program hotkey can now be freely configured in the options menu.
  • After entering a search pattern, you can switch to the result list by pressing the F3 key.
  • The keywords of the new language syntax are now highlighted in color for a better overview.
  • Incorrect entries when using the new language syntax are displayed in red.
  • The search can now be stopped using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Enter.
  • Support for Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 has been discontinued with this version.
  • Improvements:
  • The product logo has been updated. (Professional Edition only)
  • UltraSearch is now also available in Italian, Greek, Slovenian, Czech, Chinese (Simplified) and Korean.
  • The language of the user interface can be changed without restarting the program.
  • Office, video or audio files can be conveniently searched for at the push of a button using the file type search in the new ribbon bar.
  • UltraSearch can now be started without administrator rights.
  • Bugfixes:
  • In the options menu you now can create a portable version of UltraSearch if required. (Professional Edition only)
  • Opening URL files by double-clicking now works correctly.
  • The import of file types in the file groups now works without freezing the application.
  • When exporting file information to an Excel file, the application sometimes stopped responding to user input. This problem has been fixed.
  • An error during printing that caused an empty result list to be printed has been fixed.

New in UltraSearch 2.3.2.537 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • The search speed when searching subfolders has been increased significantly.
  • The Windows Explorer context menu entries can now also be activated in the portable version under "Options > Explorer context menu".
  • UltraSearch now uses the keyboard shortcut "Win + Shift + U" by default to minimize the application or bring it to the foreground.

New in UltraSearch 2.3.1.533 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • UltraSearch now scales better on high DPI resolution monitors.
  • Bug fixes:
  • The search reset button is now available if no search path is selected.
  • The message "Network drives are not supported" was displayed incorrectly in some cases. This issue has been resolved.
  • The options toolbar did not appear after an update in some cases. This bug has been fixed.
  • The width of the file preview window is no longer reset when UltraSearch is restarted.
  • In some cases, the application started without focus. This issue has been resolved.
  • The display of the attributes has been revised and now includes the attributes "Pinned" (P) and "Unpinned" (U).
  • An error in the search for file contents has been fixed.
  • When navigating through the drive list using the tab key, only one drive will be selected.
  • Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

New in UltraSearch 2.1.2.380 (Jul 19, 2016)

  • The drive list can also be expanded via right-click now
  • Bugfix: It is now easier to see that the drive list can be expanded
  • Bugfix: Searches on virtual hard disks resulted in an error in some cases. This problem has been solved
  • Bugfix: A minor problem occurring when minimizing UltraSearch to the system tray via shortcut has been fixed
  • Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented

New in UltraSearch 2.1.1.375 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Bugfix: An error occurring while starting UltraSearch has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: The option 'Always sort results' was not recognized after a program restart. This problem has been solved.
  • Bugfix: In some cases starting UltraSearch via command line parameters yielded wrong results. This issue has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: The values of the 'File version' column were not calculated until a row was selected. This error has been resolved.
  • Bugfix: Some settings were reverted during a program update. This is no longer the case.
  • The icons of the exclude filter and the file groups have been updated.

New in UltraSearch 2.1.0.368 (Jun 22, 2016)

  • UltraSearch now supports searching for file content.
  • The drive list has been completely redesigned. It has been moved from the bottom of the result list to its top.
  • Use the new drive list to search in single folders or entire drives.
  • The new 'File type selection' enables the user to search for specific file groups or file types (e.g. 'Office Files', 'Video Files'). The file groups can be configured via 'Search > File Groups...'.
  • UltraSearch now supports command line parameters, which can be used to start UltraSearch with specific search parameters.
  • The icons have been revised to fit the style of Windows 10.
  • The search results are now displayed even faster.
  • The option 'Autocomplete Patterns' has been replaced by the option 'Suggest Patterns'. This option displays a dropdown list beneath the search field containing one or more suggested patterns based on the recently used search patterns.
  • The automatic update of the MFT-Index in the systems RAM can now be deactivated via 'Options > Include file system changes'.
  • A progress dialog is now displayed during the export of large result lists.
  • A new menu entry with information about an advanced search with TreeSize (search network drives, search for duplicate files and much more) has been added.
  • The menu entry 'Options Toolbar' has been renamed to 'Toolbars'. The submenu entry 'Show' is now called 'Options Toolbar'.
  • The advertising banner has been removed.
  • Bugfix: A bug concerning the sorting order of search results during a search has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: If the option 'Skip User Account Control Warning' was activated and the program had been renamed or moved to another folder, UltraSearch did not start. This bug has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: Searching for file paths ending with a dot produced wrong results. This problem has been resolved.
  • Bugfix: In some cases the exclude filter excluded the wrong files. This issue has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: The preview of the excluded files in the exclude filter now also displays the exclusion of hidden files.
  • Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes and improvements have been implemented.

New in UltraSearch 2.0.3.332 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • The search speed has been increased for specific search patterns.
  • The file author is now set when exporting the search results to an Excel file.
  • Bugfix: UltraSearch crashed occasionally when a removable drive was removed. This error has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: An error occurring while reading the MFT (Master File Table) on some drives has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: The progress bar was not displayed in some cases. This issue has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

New in UltraSearch 2.0.2.326 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Added support for hard drives with a sector size of 4K
  • Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented

New in UltraSearch 2.0.1.320 (Feb 13, 2015)

  • When opening a file or folder via 'Open Containing Folder' the file selected in UltraSearch will also be selected in the Windows Explorer.
  • Bugfix: An error occurring while reading the MFT (Master File Table) on some drives has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: File system changes caused errors in some cases. This issue has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

New in UltraSearch 2.0.0.300 (Dec 19, 2014)

  • A completely redesigned scanning mechanism for reading the MFT (Master File Table) has been implemented.
  • A new search algorithm for faster searches has been implemented.
  • The memory usage has been greatly reduced.
  • The speed of sorting the search results has been greatly increased.
  • The new scanning mechanism now always detects NTFS hardlinks. The option to enable/disable NTFS hardlinks has been removed.
  • A new options toolbar has been added, enabling the user to quickly switch between file search and folder search and to de-/activate the exclude filter.
  • A new button was added next to the search input field, enabling the user to browse for a folder to search in.
  • An option to hide and reset the options toolbar was added.
  • The 'Auto Sort' option was renamed to 'Always Sort Results'.
  • The option 'Always Sort Results' will now be taken into account even after a restart of UltraSearch.
  • Pressing the F3 key now focuses the search pattern and allows the user to instantly enter a new search pattern.
  • The order of columns in the drive list can now be changed via Drag&Drop.
  • Scrolling through the recently used search patterns has been disabled.
  • The number of recently used search patterns has been limited to 15.
  • Icons have been added to the menus.
  • Bugfix: Refreshing the search during an ongoing search causes missing search results in some cases. This bug has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: When starting UltraSearch via context menu the search input field is now selected correctly so that the user can immediately specify a search pattern.
  • Bugfix: The option 'Autocomplete Patterns' now works properly.
  • Bugfix: Disabled columns are now memorized after a restart of UltraSearch.
  • Bugfix: File system changes are now detected corretly.
  • Bugfix: A bug which caused UltraSearch to crash during a search in rare cases has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: Numerous other enhancements and bugfixes have been incorporated.

New in UltraSearch 1.8.1.275 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • Fixed 'Duplicates are not allowed' error on UltraSearch startup.
  • Fixed access violations during search.
  • Fixed 'Cannot focus disabled or invisible window' error when opening the exclude filter.
  • When UltraSearch was started via the context menu, an additional blank was added to the search pattern erroneously. This is no longer the case.
  • The advert banner is no longer displayed, if TreeSize Professional or Personal is installed.
  • The settings of the portable version are now saved correctly.
  • Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

New in UltraSearch 1.8.0.265 (Aug 6, 2013)

  • 64bit: UltraSearch is now also available as a native 64-bit application. When searching a very large drive, usable memory will no longer pose a restriction.
  • Recently Used List: The 100 recently used search patterns can now be saved and selected from a dropdown list.
  • Suggestion feature: If desired, all recently used search patterns matching the pattern you are currently typing can be displayed in a dropdown list and selected directly.
  • Autocomplete feature: If desired, the pattern you are currently typing in the search input field can automatically be completed if it matches one of the recently used search patterns.
  • Skip User account control warning: The User account control warning at the start of UltraSearch can now be skipped.
  • Enhanced context menu: UltraSearch can now be started easily via the Windows Explorer context menu.
  • Enhanced Time/Date values: The time and date values of the columns 'Last Change', 'Last Access', and 'Creation Date' can now be adjusted more precisely.
  • Reworked menu structure: A new menu entry 'Search' containing all search-specific options has been added to the menu bar.
  • New context menu entry 'Copy Full Path to Clipboard': Copying the full path of the selected search results to the clipboard by using the context menu of the search result list is now possible.
  • New File version column: A new column 'File version' is now available. It displays the file version of EXE-files, DLL-files, SYS-files, MUI-files and many other file types.
  • Bugfix: Fixed bugs in the Excel Export component.
  • Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

New in UltraSearch 1.7.1.239 (Oct 25, 2012)

  • Bugfix: The message 'You launched UltraSearch under restricted user account. Please restart UltraSearch with Administrator privileges' was erroneously displayed in some cases:
  • Bugfix: Fixed error 'Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window' on UltraSearch startup.
  • Bugfix: Selecting items in the result list under Windows XP now works again.
  • Bugfix: In some cases the drive list did not contain any items when UltraSearch was started via the option 'Launch at Windows Startup'.
  • Bugfix: A few minor fixes have been incorporated.

New in UltraSearch 1.7.0.232 (Oct 9, 2012)

  • A new Enumerator allowing UltraSearch to find NTFS hardlinks has been implemented. UltraSearch is now able to find all files on a hard drive. The search for NTFS hardlinks can be activated in the 'Options' menu.
  • Regular expressions are now supported. Hint: to perform a search using a Regular expression, the search pattern must be enclosed with / (/Pattern/).
  • A live update of the internal index has been realized: The index does not have to be refreshed when adding or deleting files on the system.
  • The exclude filter has been replaced by the pattern manager of TreeSize Free V2.7. Exclude patterns can now be defined more precisely.
  • A new option 'Launch at Windows startup' has been added: UltraSearch starts after Windows startup in the system tray.
  • A new option 'Desktop Shortcut' has been added. The created shortcut allows you start UltraSearch without the UAC prompt (Windows Vista or later versions).
  • A new option 'Context Menu Entry' has been added which can be used to create UltraSearch entries in the context menu of folders and drives, making it easy to search them.
  • Search results can now be sorted according to specific criteria ('name', 'path', 'size' etc.) via the new menu item 'sort by'.
  • A new column 'hardlinks' has been added which provides information regarding the number of hardlinks to a file.
  • The new command line parameters / MINIMIZED and / TRAY can be used to start UltraSearch minimized in the taskbar or in the system tray.
  • A new option 'Update Results' (F5) has been added.
  • The progress bar now shows the progress while creating the index.
  • Memory usage has been reduced, various search speed improvements have been implemented.
  • When using the exclude filter the number of excluded files and folders is now displayed in the status bar.
  • The search input field has been enlarged; it now adapts itself automatically to the size of the Ultra Search window.
  • When searching for a full path the related drive will now be selected automatically.
  • The user interface is now displayed properly on the scale of 125 % or 150 %.
  • The Excel export function has been updated
  • Setup: A new option has been added which can be used to create UltraSearch entries in the context menu of folders.
  • Setup: A new option, 'Launch UltraSearch on Windows startup? has been added to the setup.
  • Bugfix: The portable version of UltraSearch no longer creates an empty folder in the user directory.
  • Bugfix: The user now receives a message if UltraSearch was not started with administrator rights.
  • Bugfix: An error in the CSV export function has been fixed (an incorrect list separator was used).
  • Bugfix: Using a combined search (full path and filename) now displays the correct results.
  • Bugfix: The flickering appearing when resizing the UltraSearch window has been reduced.
  • Bugfix: The search input field is now focused on UltraSearch startup; a search can be entered immediately without an additional mouse click.
  • Bugfix: The window position of UltraSearch is now saved when Ultra Search is closed via the icon in the system tray.
  • Bugfix: In some cases the UAC started minimized. This error has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: Numerous other bugfixes have been implemented.

New in UltraSearch 1.6.1.196 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug on system shutdown.
  • Bugfix: Some context menu entries were missing after the installation.
  • Bugfix: All context menu entries of UltraSearch will now be removed when uninstalling.
  • A few minor bugfixes and improvements have been incorporated.

New in UltraSearch 1.6.0.185 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • UltraSearch has been added to the Explorer context menu to search in the selected folder:
  • With the new options "Include Folders" and "Include Files" you can now decide if you want to search for files, directories or both.
  • It is now possible to toggle UltraSearch minimization via a customizable shortcut ("Options > UltraSearch Keyboard Shortcut").
  • Improved search: If multiple drives are checked, results are shown immediately after the search of the first drive is done.
  • Introduced new option "Autosort" to "View" menu to sort the results of a new search automatically by the previously selected sorting criteria.
  • Added option to minimize UltraSearch when opening a folder in the search result list via double click.
  • UltraSearch now supports Hotkey Ctrl+A to select all drives in the drivelist if it is focused.
  • A new option in the drivelist context menu allows the user to check all drives in the list.
  • Newly added drives can be checked by default via an option in the "Options" menu.
  • Improved sorting results: Files and folders are no longer mixed up when sorting by name.
  • The advertisement for TreeSize Professional is no longer shown if it is installed on the system.
  • Fixed UAC dialog popup if you start UltraSearch when it is already running in system tray.

New in UltraSearch 1.5 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • An option to show/hide the drives panel to the menu "View" has been added:
  • It is now possible to minimize UltraSearch in the background as system tray icon.
  • The search performance has been increased.
  • UltraSearch now brings an already running instance to the foreground, if a second instance is started.
  • A treatment for the special search pattern "*." has been implemented, so that files with no file extension are returned now.
  • You can now press the "Shift" key while deleting folders or files to remove them directly from the drive instead of moving them to the recycle bin.
  • If an USB flash drive is removed from the system, it is now also removed from the drive list.
  • The hints have been improved.
  • It is now possible to rename files or folders within the search result list.
  • The number of files on the system which can be handled by UltraSearch has been increased to a value of 12.5 million.
  • UltraSearch now refreshes its internal index automatically in the background from time to time.
  • UltraSearch shows the number of selected files and folders in the status bar, if more than one file or folder is selected in the result list.
  • Some of the hints are now shown in a tool tip manner.
  • Added "Copy full Path to Clipboard" to context menu of the result list.
  • Bugfix: In some cases the search in UltraSearch came to a state where UltraSearch did nothing but showed "Searching ...".
  • Bugfix: After denying to delete an item on the result list, the item vanished from the view until the index was refreshed.
  • Bugfix: In some cases the refreshing of the index using F5 led to missing results or to not showing any visual effects.
  • Bugfix: Refreshing of the index multiple times doesn't lead to an increasing delay in displaying the results now.
  • Bugfix: The unchecking of a drive if it is actually examined leads to a stop of the examination immediately now.
  • Bugfix:UltraSearch had left a handle open to an external drive.
  • Bugfix: In some cases the exclude filter seemed to be active although it was unchecked.
  • Bugfix: For some system files in the column "Path" were shown their names.

New in UltraSearch 1.4.1 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Increased performance if the exclude filter is active:
  • Increased performance when sorting by name.
  • A few minor bugfixes and improvements have been incorporated.

New in UltraSearch 1.4 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Supports now search for folders, too:
  • Added exclude filter including predefined filters.
  • Introduced main menu bar (file, edit, search, view and help).
  • It is now possible to determine the size unit used to display the file sizes.
  • The result list can now be saved in HTML and RTF format by choosing the appropriate format in the "Save" dialog.
  • Added support for disabling/enabling time values in date columns.
  • Added columns attributes, creation date and file type.
  • Removable drives are now supported (e.g. flash drives).
  • Added check for update function.
  • Introduced status bar to display main menu hint text on mouse over event.
  • Bugfix: If a drive was disabled after a search was started it could happen that no search results were displayed.
  • Bugfix: If the search result list consisted only of a few items and a double click was performed below the last item then the last selected entry was executed.
  • Bugfix: Status bar changed position with drive list after application restart.
  • Bugfix: In some cases an error occurred if a file of a recycle bin was deleted.
  • Windows 2000 is no longer supported.

New in UltraSearch 1.3 Beta (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Added search pattern to search for an exact match: Put the requested name in quotation marks:
  • Added buttons: print, save and copy list to clipboard.
  • Added button to perform a full refresh including the index.
  • Added support for Hot keys: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Del.
  • Drag&Drop operations are now possible.
  • Supports now passing of patterns via the command line.
  • Bugfix: Result list does not reload totally after deleting a file/files anymore.
  • Bugfix: The scroll position and sort order will remain also.

New in UltraSearch 1.2.1 Beta (Nov 30, 2011)

  • UltraSearch passed the "Compatible with Windows 7" logo test:
  • Improved speed for some search patterns.
  • It is now possible to export the result list as text or CSV file.
  • The path is now displayed without file name in the path column.
  • Bugfix: Some search results were added twice to the result list.
  • Bugfix: No default drive was selected for the first startup after the installation.
  • Bugfix: Occasionally drive C:\ was added multiple times to the drive list.
  • Bugfix: Sometimes files without information were shown.
  • Bugfix: The Application could crash during the very first run.
  • Bugfix: Improved error handling if the user has insufficient rights for accessing the MFT.
  • Bugfix: Sort order of "Last Access Date" was incorrect.
  • Bugfix: If the length of a path was larger than 255 characters an error message occurred.
  • A few minor improvements have been incorporated.