Copernic Desktop Search 3.0

Rated 40/50 by Bhaskar Samuel at Jun 15, 2010

I use GetMail from www.searchterrain.com . It searches for Outlook emails very fast. It is uncomplicated to use.

Rated 50/50 by Jocelyn Boyer at Jun 25, 2010

Fast, great GUI, low resources usage, there when you need it. Lot better that Windows's one and other search tools. Noting at this time. Great and easy to use. Did not have any problem on previous version nor this one. Stable, not disruptive and performant, it runs on all Win including 7.

Rated 50/50 by ndfuller at Jul 7, 2010

fast, easy to use, automatic, and FREE. Love the window in the taskbar for quick access then expands to full screen for more detailed search. none to speak of This has saved me all kinds of time. I am a recruiter and have thousands of resumes and correspondence I could hardly keep track of before installing this. Highly recommend to anyone.

Rated 50/50 by jpotoole at Aug 8, 2010

Very quick Can't find any

Rated 40/50 by Sherry K. at Aug 24, 2010

I like the fact that if you use keywords that suit your search, your results are "right on". I haven't found any feature that I am unhappy with. For free software, it totally rocks!

Rated 30/50 by davmend at Oct 20, 2010

find my lost emails get stuck some timesthe search is not allways good

Rated 50/50 by PWOGDEN at Oct 29, 2010

You don't have to wade through thousands of sites with the remotest of links to find what you want Haven't found any yet

Rated 40/50 by Davismi at Nov 1, 2010

If it works as well as the previous version I will be happy Don't know of any yet I am not sure of how it works yet

Rated 20/50 by bluengold at Jan 3, 2011

Finds computer files fairly quickly by various qualifications--type, date, ext., word, etc. Older versions excel over more recent versions, like this one.This product has awesome potential (that is being squandered by current developers). Slow to up-date newly added files Does not look far enough into folders (a limitation)Memory hog while indexingShows files on disconnected drives Double-clicking on results slow to openads included My first intro to Copernic was before XP went to SP2. It was impressive then. When Vista (YUCK) was introduced with its "improved" search, Copernic was a superior add-on.Newer versions have cluttered coding and less efficient results. Ads are for the birds; not a good solution and uses resources needlessly. Find an older copy.If you have, for example, picture files and sort them into folders as C:/my pictures/photographs/people/business/women Copernic can't find it. MSFT's (YUCK) dog search can; albeit slower. The developers have squandered the potential for this product; that says there is a lack of commitment to excellence. That says "avoid" in my book, unless you can find an older version which seems almost adequate without the annoying advertisements. Don't expect Cadillac results in stressed times... as mentioned the program does not look far enough down the file pathways to locate every file.It is useless for phrases... (within files or so named files). [Read that line again.]Leaves data reference files all over your computer increasing the clutter we all abhor.Can be a data memory hog; unable to detect a pattern but it happens frequently.Despite its perpetual indexing, it shows files on disconnected drives without indication the file is not availableIn results, older versions quickly opened files when double clicking on name. Double-clicking on results are now slow to open, if at all.Advertisements on interface---unneeded and unwanted. Demonstrates lack of ingenuity by developers. Needs to have better control over up-date nag scre

Rated 10/50 by paradoxical77 at Jan 7, 2011

Finds files that Google Desktop Search cannot Huge Memory FootprintMonths to finish index (in theory - since mine is still going on)Can't prioritize indexing When reviewers suggest that CDS 3+ indexed their hard drive in a matter of hours, they should reveal how many documents they are talking about: a hundred? a thousand? Or the average size of their documents: 5K?I can't say if my personal cache of files is larger or smaller than that of average reviewers here, since these reviewers don't want to reveal that info, but it you are like me, a writer with a few reference files and documents on board, then this product is intolerable. According to GoogleDesktopSearch, I have some 450K documents (a lot of those must be emails, going back to the 1980s). Even with the reasonable, but a modern enough Pentium dual-core processor T4200 @ 2 GHz and 3 GB RAM on a Win7-64, and a month of scanning, CDS has barely touched the subdirectory I am most interested in, having registered a mere 80K of indexed documents and 7 million keywords. To even get that far, I have set the index either to only pause with 10 seconds of down time, or even set the privilege to index *non-stop*. Yet the key sub-directory entitled 'Library' right off of 'My Documents' is barely touched. And the massive ram needs, and disk space needs are astonishing. With a 3 gig Ram computer, Sysinternals process explorer reveals that DesktopSearchService has a virtual size of 1.2 gigs, and DesktopSearch a virtual size of .7 gigs. Now these are virtual which means they can be switched off, but this is many times a footprint of any other process. Basically, CDS grinds my machine to a standstill. The CDS database for this portion of my library is already above 4 gigs. What's going to happen when it indexes the other 5/6ths of my library?I have no idea what heuristic CDS is using to scour my drive. It can't be when the file or email was created, accessed, etc. since it usually avoids the docs/library which I use all the

Rated 20/50 by gi2les at Feb 5, 2011

easy to understand, indexing process does not slow PC poor searching capabilities on my hard disks : could not find words included in "outlook : my notes" nor in text files (from YAPS) whereas google search DOES find them Poor hard disk searching capabilities

Rated 50/50 by nahrul at Mar 6, 2011

find my buried files haven't found any yet an app that I have been looking for

Rated 10/50 by runbei at Mar 7, 2011

Great feature set, installation, user interface, etc. Takes FOREVER to index all files. In the same time that it took XI (free version) to index almost 300,000 of my files, Copernic had indexed just 15,000. COMPLETE deal breaker. No thanks.

Rated 10/50 by Ponderous42 at Mar 27, 2011

Streamlined searching for Microsoft office documents. Very limited tailoring of search parameters. Cannot customize files to be indexed or display of search results. Does not show images in document preview pane. Indexing takes hours. I guess if you had very limited data search needs and had never used X1 you'd be happy with this software. If AOL were still around and had come up with search software for the "everyday" user, this would be it. It is streamlined to the point of being nearly nonfunctional. There is no option to search for images (or customize file type searches, for that matter), you cannot sort whole lists of files or customize the way in which they are displayed (like X1 does). You cannot limit your searches to specific drives or folders. The dealbreaker for me is that, to save response time, no images are displayed in the preview pane. I'm dumbfounded as to why software such as this would even have a preview pane if images were not included, as this is the only thing that separates commercially available search software from the built-in search in Windows. I'm very glad that Copernicus allows a free trial because if I had paid money for this thing before getting to use it I would have been seriously upset. If this is your first foray into third-party search software, do yourself a favor and check out X1 before you make a commitment. It's a much better program.

Rated 10/50 by chgodude at Apr 19, 2011

Works fine indexing files on PC Loses indexed files of external harddrive after disconnecting it from PC.

Rated 10/50 by R-Mladek at May 6, 2011

Works fine if you're a Luddite who does not upgrade one's computer. Doesn't work with either Windows 7 or Vista. Indexing won't start and the UI will only open if run in the administrator account. After five years, the company has still not been able to make a version compatible with Windows 7 (or even Vista for that matter). they suggest: "Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows Xp (Service Pack 2)".Which, unfortunately, does not cure the problem. Also, don't bother asking for a refund if you buy the "pro: version". All you'll get is this: "you need to ask for a refund within 30 days or write a support request within 30 days. Sorry for the inconvenience."Nice of them to apologize for the inconvenience of selling software that doesn't work though. That was a nice touch. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Rated 50/50 by ramblinio at May 9, 2011

Works with OpenOffice, fast, free, handles documents in-program so you can see the search words in context, allows you to jump quickly from one instance to the next of a word in a document Perfect for my needs My experience is different from that of other users. I only need this software to search text documents -many of which are OpenOffice docs- for specific terms -we're talking about 2.5 GBs worth of data. The initial scan took under an hour, which was great. The searches are flexible and instant, and the ability to see the search terms in a preview of the document breaks the deal for me.After dealing with the bloated and not-really-like-Google-at-all Google Desktop, finding Copernicus was a relief.