Portable ScanFS

Portable ScanFS is a software utility which can help individuals easily locate files on your hard drive, with support for a large number of filters.

This is the portable counterpart of ScanFS, meaning that you are not required to install it. As a result, the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to get updated with new entries.

Aside from that, it is possible to use this software tool on any computer you have access to, by dropping the program files to a portable storage unit. You can also drop the last mentioned files to any location on the HDD, so that you can run it from there, by simply double-clicking the executable.

The interface is clear-cut and it is comprised of a panel in which you can view a folder structure, another for the search results, a menu bar and several buttons and boxes for scan filters.

When conducting a search, you can choose the directory or drives in which to look, while also including subfolders. You can look for items or into them, according to a user-input keyword or regular expression, as well as size (expressed in bytes, KB, MB, GB) and modified or created date.

Results are displayed with details such as filename, path, size, attributes, and created and modified dates, and can be saved to your PC in a CSV format, for further analysis.

With comprehensive Help contents, the ability to open files directly from the main window, as well as save and load search parameters, Portable ScanFS proves to be quite a useful program. There were no errors, crashes or bugs registered during our tests.