Copernic Desktop Search
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| Copernic Desktop Search | |
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 Copernic Desktop Search running on Windows XP |
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| Developed by | Copernic Inc. |
| Latest release | 2.3 / February 21, 2008 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000 / NT 4 / Me / 98 |
| Genre | Desktop search |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | Copernic Desktop Search |
Copernic Desktop Search is a desktop search utililty for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. It is designed to allow the user to instantly find a wide variety of items including documents, pictures, music, videos, e-mails, contacts, browser bookmarks/favourites and entries in the Internet browser history on the computer, external drives and network shares.
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[edit] Overview
The purpose of Copernic Desktop Search is to perform an instant search across your entire computer not only on the names of the items, but also on the contents and metadata of these items. The first time this is run an initial index is created, which can take up to several hours depending the amount of items to be indexed but this is a one-time event. As items are added, changed or removed from your computer, Copernic Desktop Search makes incremental changes in the background using idle system resources. This solution for searching is in contrast to Windows XP's built-in search function which scans whole files instead of a list, unless Windows Indexing Service is turned on.
For a better understanding, consider this analogy: If one is trying to find a chapter, or a phrase used within the books in a library, Unless Windows Indexing Service is turned on, Windows XP's search will look through all the books in the library, whereas Copernic Desktop scans the card catalogue.
[edit] Features
File types and programs currently supported are listed below.
[edit] E-Mail
- Mozilla Thunderbird (versions: 1.0 or later)
- Outlook (versions: 2000, XP, 2003, 2007)
- Outlook Express (versions: 5.x, 6.x, including all non-password protected OE identities)
- Outlook Express Electronic Mail (EML)
- Eudora (versions: 5.0 or later)
[edit] Files
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
- Microsoft Word documents (DOC) (versions: 6.0, 95 (7.0), 97, 98 (Mac), 2000, XP, 2003, 2007)
- Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (XLS) (versions: 5.0, 95 (7.0), 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007)
- Microsoft PowerPoint presentations (PPS, PPT)(versions: 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007)
- Adobe PDF documents (versions: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5)
- WordPerfect documents (WPD, WPF, WP) (versions: 5.0, 5.1 (not Far East versions), 5.2 (not Far East versions), 5.x (Windows), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- OpenOffice.org documents (ODT, OTT, ODM, OTH, ODS, OTS, ODP, OTP) (versions: 1.1, 2.0)
- StarOffice documents (SXW, STW, SXC, STC, SXI, STI) (versions: 7.0, 8.0)
- Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Unicode Text files (TXT)
- Active Server Page documents (ASP)
- C Code/Program files (C)
- C++ Code/program files (CPP)
- C# .NET Source files (CS)
- Comma-Separated Variables files (CSV)
- Header file (H)
- Assembler language, Active Server Include file, Include file (various), Internet Connection file (used by ISPs) (INC)
- Initialization/Configuration file (INI)
- Java Source Code files (JAVA)
- Pascal Source Code files (PAS)
- XML Stylesheet (XSL)
- Hypertext Markup Language documents (HTML, XHTML)
- Extensible Markup Language documents (XML)
- ASCII Text files (ASC)
- ANSI documents (ANS)
- PHP Script (PHP)
- Log File (LOG)
- UCS-2 Unicode documents (with some limitations)
- UTF8 documents (with some limitations)
File name is indexed for the following file formats:
- Gzip Compressed archive (GZ)
- Compressed Archive File (ZIP)
- Windows Help file (HLP)
- WinRAR Compressed archive (RAR)
- Macromedia Flash Format file (SWF)
- Tape Archive file (TAR)
- Visio Drawing documents (VSD)
- OpenOffice.org Draw File (SXD)
- MHTML Document (MHT)
[edit] Music
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
- iTunes Audio files (M4P, AAC)
- MPEG Audio Stream, Layer II (MP2)
- MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III (MP3)
- MPEG-4 Audio Layer (M4A)
- Windows Media Audio file (WMA)
- Windows Waveform sound/Audio (WAV, WAVE)
- Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed WAV file (OGG)
- MP3 PlayList File (M3U)
- WinAmp MPEG PlayList File (PLS)
File name is indexed for the following file types:
- RealMedia Media file (RA, RAM, RMM, RPM)
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface file (MIDI)
- And many others, including: .aa, .acp, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .au, .cda, .cdda, .m4b, .mka, mpga, .rmi, .sd2, .snd, .wax,
[edit] Pictures
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
- Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
- JPEG Format (JPE, JPEG, JPG )
- Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF)
File name is indexed for the following file formats:
- Windows Bitmap Graphics (BMP)
- Portable (Public) Network Graphic (PNG)
- Photoshop Format (PSD)
- QuickTime Image (QTI, QTIF)
- Tagged Image Format file (TIF, TIFF)
- X Window Bitmap Graphic (XBM)
- Windows Icon (ICO)
- and many others, including: .cgm, .dib, .jfif, .mac, .pct, .pcx, .pic, .pict, .pnt, .pntg, .rp
[edit] Videos
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
- MPEG Video Files (MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPS, MPV, MPV2)
- MPEG-4 Video Files (MP4)
- Windows Media Video Files (WMV)
- Microsoft Audio Video Interleaved (AVI)
- QuickTime Movie (MOV)
File name is indexed for the following file formats:
- Microsoft Windows Media metafile (WVX)
- Data Interchange Format (DIF)
- RealMedia Videos (RAM)
- Matroska Video Stream (MKV)
- Ogg Vorbis Compressed Video File (OGM)
- and many others, including: .3g2, .3gp, .asf, .asx, .dv, .IVF, .m1v, .m2v, .m4e, .mp2v, .mpa, .qt, .rv, .wm, .wmp, .wmx
[edit] Favourites/Bookmark
- Internet Shortcut (.URL files)
- Internet Explorer (versions: 5.0 or later)
- Mozilla Firefox (version: 1.0)
- Mozilla (version 1.0 or later)
- Netscape (versions: 6.x, 7.x, 8.x)
[edit] History
- Internet Shortcut (.URL files)
- Internet Explorer (versions: 5.0 or later)
- Mozilla Firefox (version: 1.0)
- Mozilla (version 1.0 or later)
- Netscape (versions: 6.x, 7.x, 8.x)
[edit] Contacts
- Outlook (versions: 2000, XP, 2003, 2007 - including Exchange Server)
- Outlook Express/Windows Mail (versions: 5.x, 6.x)
- Mozilla Thunderbird (versions: 1.0 or later)
- Windows Address Book (versions: 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Vista)
[edit] History
[edit] Version History[1]
Version 2.3 - Build 18 – February 21, 2008
- Added default desktop search integration options for Windows Vista SP1
- New “Search Everywhere” shortcut in Windows Start Menu
- New shortcuts in Windows Explorer
- Windows Key+F integration
- Fixed email address issue with Global Address List contacts
- Fixed fax number display in contact preview
- Fixed issues with .DWG files
- Search box now cleared when minimizing to tray
- Other stability tweaks
Version 2.2 - Build 32 - November 12, 2007
- Enhanced Office 2007 indexing
- Enhanced Favorites and History indexing
- Improved "Clear index and reindex all" feature
- Files without extension now indexed when adding "*.*" in the file extension list
- Fixed installation and updating issues under Vista
- Fixed issues with Outlook Express actions
- Multiple Deskbar tweaks
- Other stability and performance tweaks
Version 2.1.1 - Build 3007 - July 27, 2007
- Added multiple deployment options for system administrators (through GPO)
- Fixed ZIP archive indexing issues
- Fixed issues with dual monitor setups
Version 2.1 - Build 2569 - May 23, 2007
- Full compatibility with Windows Vista
- Support for Windows Mail (Windows Vista's email program)
- Support for Microsoft Office 2007 documents (requires Office 2007 to be installed)
Version 2.02 - Build 2526 - December 18, 2006
- Toolbar now compatible with Firefox 2.0
- Improved previewing of plain text email messages
- Improved plug-in support
- Fixed index update issues with non-permanently connected network drives
- Other stability and performance tweaks
Version 2.01 - Build 2514 - October 14, 2006
- Hitting “Enter” in the deskbar no longer launches a Web search (tip: Ctrl+Enter opens the main CDS window)
- Spanish and German versions now available
- Internet Explorer toolbar load time reduced (especially for IE7)
- Fixed issue that sometimes made the “My Content” page appear blank
- Other stability and performance tweaks
Version 2.0 - Build 2502 - September 19, 2006
- Initial release of Copernic Desktop Search 2.
[edit] External links
- Copernic Technologies homepage
- PC Pro review (March 2007)
- AtomicPC review (November 2007)
[edit] References
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