Replacing Windows Search with One or Two Better Apps

My cousin and I graduated high school together. He a brain surgeon, his son is a rocket scientist, and I cannot figure out how to find a file in anything that resembles a USER-FRIENDLY process with the extension PDF that was created between November 12, 2017 and December 15, 2017 from MS Word using the Save as a PDF with the three-word sequence "new 2016 tax" from a set of 534,000 files of every persuasion including 37,000 Adobe portable document files.

Every time I try to wrap my hands around this Windows Search/PDF/non-PDF/Content issue,I get so overwhelmed I drink until the only challenge left is searching for the way home ---- on sidewalks!

Clearly I need help!

I love EVERYTHING for searching for files by filenames, but would prefer never even thinking about a Windows Search or Microsoft Search app.

Can some suggest a hack, software program or any other viable solution that will quickly and accurately search the content of those files whose content is more frequently search?

Thanks!

Layback Bear said:

I use Everything Search and have for years.

voidtools

Jack

Jack,

Is it also good at searching file contents?

Thanks!

Joe

Jack,

I looked into EVERYTHING SEARCH and am convinced it is a great search engine for finding files based on their filenames, but not a very good search engine for finding files based on their contents. It can do it, but it is not user-friendly and I think it may not be 100% reliable.

Since posting my original message, a forum member or two suggested FileLocator Pro by Mythicsoft for searching file contents and it is GREAT!

I would be delighted to hear any other suggestions or comments.

Sincerely,

Joe

Thanks!