Index Your Files

Index Your Files is a compact and simple-to-use utility, able to rapidly index and search your files, whether we are talking about local or network drives.

This is a portable piece of software, so installation is not a requirement. It means that you can simply drop the program files anywhere on the hard disk and run the executable directly.

Alternatively, you can move Index Your Files to a USB flash drive or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any computer without previous installers.

What's more, the Windows registry section does not get new updates, and leftover items are not kept on the HDD after removing the utility.

The interface is divided into multiple panes. Its layout is a bit cluttered, so take your time to explore all options. At startup it is possible to select a UI language and select a drive to index.

During this time you can enter file names, partial names or formats, in order to look for particular items. Perhaps Index Your Files' most notable feature is that it's capable or searching for content within files as well.

You can reduce searching time and increase the accuracy of results by setting time and size delimiters, as well as by picking a particular database to search. The results list shows total found files, time length, size and number of selected items, while a preview panel lets you get a glimpse of images.

When it comes to building a new index, you can write a database title, include or exclude particular folders, and schedule index updates. As far as program configuration goes, you can choose another UI language, font name and size, minimize Index Your Files to the system tray area on exit, as well as enable colored lines and original icons at in results. Last but not least, you may clear search and content history.

Index Your Files is pretty light on the system resources, using a low-to-moderate quantity of CPU and RAM. It has a good response time and amazing searching speed. No error dialogs have been shown in our tests, and the tool did not freeze or crash. However, the interface could have been a little more intuitive. We must also take into account that Index Your Files has not been updated for a while.