Dropout is a free indexing software which will let you search the ever-changing folders that are not indexed properly because of their constant changing. This thing is most noticeable in case of USB mass storage drives or Dropbox folders. They are so often changed from so many devices that Windows usually fails to index all the files of those folders and drives and the users cannot find them out with any kind of search. The problem is not only that but also the problem of file formats is found in windows searching. Sometimes windows cannot search the files, which are not in the known formats of Windows. In this way many files are excluded from the search in windows searching system.
Using this software is very easy and there is nothing much to do to use this software. All you have to do is to place the executable in the desired directory and this free indexing software will do the rest. This advantage also makes it a free portable USB and Dropbox search software, which you will never find anywhere else. If there is any kind of text in the file this program will index it and you will be search it easily which is even faster than usual Windows Search.
In even bigger folders or drives the searches are performed super-fast and the usual time taken to show results is less than 1 second. While searching you can exclude files and search multiple selected directories. This free portable USB and Dropbox software even lets you search while it continues indexing in the background. The only requirement it has is to have .NET 2.0 installed in your machine. For frequent searchers this software also have search history which is utilized by auto complete. You can open the searched file and even the containing directory from the interface of the software and you do not have to find the file again from the Windows Explorer again to find the already found file.
You can also try Copernic Desktop Search, Windows Search and pHiSearch reviewed by us.
Features of Dropout:
- Easy to use. There is only one step to use this program
- Very small in size and portable
- Customizable search features which let you exclude files or include directories in searching
Dropout is a Windows only program. Try Dropout free.
