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Search and find similar files with File Search Assistant

The latest version of File Search Assistant allows to find similar files. The idea is simple: you need to select some file on you hard disk and specify whether you want to find similar files by content or just files with similar name. Then specify “Min Similarity” level that you need and click “Search” to start getting results!

Step by step instruction on how to find similar files:

Step 1

Switch to "Search similar files" mode

Switch to "Search similar files" mode

Step 2

Specify the source file, e.g. file that will be compared with files from search. Select "Search similar content" or "Search similar name" mode.

Specify the source file, e.g. file that will be compared with files from search. Select "Search similar content" or "Search similar name" mode.

Step 3

Specify min similarity for the files to be shown in the search results

Specify min similarity for the files to be shown in the search results

Step 4

Click “Search” button and the program will starting finding similar files immediately!

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Buy File Search Assistant Professional

Please, find below the information about ordering File Search Assistant PRO. Before placing order, please, download and try the 30-day fully-functional evaluation version of this software. For more information about File Search Assistant check homepage. Please, note, there is also Professional versions available, please check version comparison table.

Pricing and buy links:

File Search Assistant PRO License
1 user: $140 (Buy Now) 50 to 99 users: $48 per user
2 to 9 users: $106 per user 100 to 199 users: $34 per user
10 to 24 users: $80 per user 200 to 499 users: $28 per user
25 to 49 users: $68 per user 500+ users: $18 per user

To obtain a written quote, please click on Get Quote button in the shopping cart (the button is located at the bottom of the page next to “Submit order”).

License agreement:

“One registered copy of File Search Assistant may either be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers, or installed on a single workstation used non-simultaneously by multiple people, but not both. You may access the registered version of File Search Assistant through a network, provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering all workstations that will access the software through the network”. Read full license text.

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Buy File Search Assistant Standard

Please, find below the information about ordering File Search Assistant Standard. Before placing order, please, download and try the 30-day fully-functional evaluation version of this software. For more information about File Search Assistant check homepage. Please, note, there is also Professional versions available, please check version comparison table.

Pricing and buy links:

File Search Assistant Standard License
1 user: $70 (Buy Now) 50 to 99 users: $25 per user
2 to 9 users: $53 per user 100 to 199 users: $16 per user
10 to 24 users: $40 per user 200 to 499 users: $14 per user
25 to 49 users: $34 per user 500+ users: $9 per user

To obtain a written quote, please click on Get Quote button in the shopping cart (the button is located at the bottom of the page next to “Submit order”).

License agreement:

“One registered copy of File Search Assistant may either be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers, or installed on a single workstation used non-simultaneously by multiple people, but not both. You may access the registered version of File Search Assistant through a network, provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering all workstations that will access the software through the network”. Read full license text.

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File Search Assistant License Agreement

NO WARRANTY

File  Search Assistant IS SOLD “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO MERCHANTABILITY  OR  FITNESS  FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES  EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR  DATA  LOSS,  DAMAGES,  LOSS  OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.

Evaluation and Registration

File Search Assistant is not free software. You may use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. If you use  this software after the 30 days evaluation period, a registration is required.

Visit ordering page http://www.aks-labs.com/find-files/ for detailed information about registration method and price list.

Distribution

You   may   copy   the   evaluation  version  of  this  software  and documentation  as  you  wish,  and  give exact copies of the original evaluation  version  to anyone, and distribute the evaluation version of  the  software  and  documentation  in  its  unmodified  form  via electronic  means.  But you should not charge or requesting donations for any such copies however made and from distributing the software and/or documentation with other products without the author’s written permission.

Registered version

One  registered copy of File Search Assistant may either be used by a single  person  who  uses  the  software  personally  on  one  or more computers,    or    installed    on    a   single   workstation   used non-simultaneously  by  multiple  people, but not both. You may access the  registered  version  of File Search Assistant through a network, provided  that  you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering  all  workstations  that will access the software through the network.

If  you  do not agree to these conditions you should not install this software.

Thank you for using File Search Assistant.

AKS-Labs

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File Search Assistant – Download Professional Edition

Please, specify your email address below to download File Search Assistant PRO:

  • You will have download link immediately;
  • You will have e-mail with some start-up instructions;
  • We can send you some offers about file search products;

Please, note: if for some reasons you don’t want to have emails from us, but still want to use File Search Assistant, you can just click the button without entering any email.

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File Search Assistant – Download Standard Edition

Please, specify your email address below to download File Search Assistant Standard:

  • You will have download link immediately;
  • You will have e-mail with some start-up instructions;
  • We can send you some offers about file search products;

Please, note: if for some reasons you don’t want to have emails from us, but still want to use File Search Assistant, you can just click the button without entering any email.

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File Search Assistant – Download Freeware

Please, specify your email address below to download File Search Assistant Freeware:

  • You will have download link immediately;
  • You will have e-mail with some start-up instructions;
  • We can send you some offers about file search products;

Please, note: if for some reasons you don’t want to have emails from us, but still want to use File Search Assistant, you can just click the button without entering any email.

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File Search Assistant – Version History

Below is the version history for the File Search Assistant.

  • If for some reason you need to download older versions of File Search Assistant, check the version archive here. Please note: we support only the latest version.
  • Please note: some features are available in PRO edition only. Check editions comparison chart for more details.

Version 4.2 – release date 7 May, 2012

  • More flebility when you work with a “search in” list – ability to move folders, add typical include/exclude folders;
  • Ability to drag and drop file on program’s form to search inside file or inside its directory;
  • Ability to search for text in URLs only inside files;
  • Ability to pause search process;

Version 4.1 – release date 26 of December, 2011

Version 4.0 – release date 5th of August, 2011

Version 3.2

  • Support of OpenOffice;
  • Support of Rich Text Format (RTF);
  • Support of UNICODE texts and encodings;

Version 3.1

  • Support of search inside password protected files;
  • File indexing;
  • Find missing files wizard;

Version 2.0

  • Support of PDF files;
  • Support of Word files;
  • Support of Excel files;
  • Support of PowerPoint presentations;

Version 1.3

  • Save/open search sessions;
  • Preview of results;
  • Basic file search;
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Editions Comparison Chart

  • These editions are not officially released yet. So you have a chance to buy File Search Assistant at lower price now and update to the PRO version later for free.

There are 3 editions of File Search Assistant: Freeware, Standard, Professional

Feature Freeware Edition Standard Edition Professional Edition
Basic file search X X X
Filters by file date X X X
Filters by file size X X X
Preview pane X X X
Multy-folder search X X X
Search over local disk X X X
Search over local network X X X
Search in index files X X X
Disk space usage analysis X X X
Search similar files X X
Encoding selection X X X
OpenOffice convertor X X
Adobe PDF convertor X X
MS Word convertor X X
RTF convertor X X
Pictures convertor X X
Multimedia convertor X X
Customize search X X
Regular expressions X X
Search inside archives X X
Print folder structure X X
Find duplicate files X X
Search search inside URLs in files X
Search in files with password X
MS Excel convertor X
MS PowerPoint convertor X
HTML convertor X
Files indexing X
Search results report X
Special characters in search query X
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Search text in UNICODE documents with FSA 3.2

We have recently released File Search Assistant 3.2 – the major improvement is that this version provides full support of search within UNICODE documents.

For user of the software it means that:

  • It is possible to use any national symbols in the search query;
  • FSA will search and display results for documents saved in various encodings (ANSI, UTF 8, UTF 16);

File Search Assistant can detect encodings automatically or user can switch to manual choice of encoding.

File Search Assistant can detect encodings automatically or user can switch to manual choice of encoding on Encoding tab.

With new functions user can even search in document for two words from different languages – FSA will find necessary files without problems!

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