Copernic Desktop Search
I installed Copernic Desktop Search on one of my laptops recently. I previously had tried Google Desktop but uninstalled it after a week.
This tool is quickly becoming a must-have for me. If you are an Outlook or client-based e-mail user, it’s going to save you significant time finding old e-mails. And that’s coming from someone who actually keeps his e-mail inbox relatively clean and organized.
Copernic also allows users to distinguish what type of items they are searching for - e-mail, files (documents, spreadsheets, etc.), music, photos, etc.
After installing it, I had one meeting and by the time I returned (less than an hour), it appeared to have completely indexed my machine.
One of the great things about Copernic is having it hang-out in the taskbar area. You can quickly type in queries and find what you are looking for fast. Give it a try.
October 19, 2006 at 5:26 pm
What’s your experience been with memory and CPU load? I’ve used earlier versions of it and haven’t been too impressed, but I’m willing to give it another try.
October 19, 2006 at 5:30 pm
Haven’t been watching it…but also haven’t noticed any issues…which is obviously a good thing.
October 30, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Have you installed the latest version (v. 2.01)? Is it stable?
October 31, 2006 at 5:31 pm
I hope this blog is still active. I’ve (tentatively) replaced Google’s desktop search with Copernic, but the latter doesn’t seem to work. For example, I told it I wanted to index all .EXE files (filenames only), and I selected C:\ and all subfolders. After 3 days of running (so the index should certainly be current), it only finds a tiny fraction of .EXEs — and all are just one level below C:\. Is there a secret to getting CDS to index what I tell it to for the entire disk? Thanks.