Third part desktop search tools like Everything and Puggle offer speed advantages and a lower resource usage, which makes them attractive for many of Windows users.

Ultra Search is right on pair with those third party search applications. The desktop file finder can be installed, but is offered as a portable version as well. It operates without constant background indexing or search services.

It achieves its speed by working directly on the Master File Table. First results usually appear in the program interface in a second or less. It may take several seconds before all results matching the search term are found, but it is possible to work through the already found files in that time.

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Each result is displayed with its name, file path, size, last access and change date.

The standard mouse operations are available. A double-click launches a file directly from the search tool. A right-click displays options to open the containing folder, perform file operations like copying, and other Windows Explorer related context menu options.

All connected hard drives of the system are displayed with statistics in the footer. Each hard drive is listed with its total size, free space and the percentage of free space.

Ultra Search finds files only on the main Windows partition by default. Other hard drives need to be enabled in the footer area so that their contents are searched by the program as well.

The search results can be saved in txt, csv or Microsoft Excel format, which can be interesting for archiving purposes or results processing in other applications.

The results can also be copied to the clipboard or printed if a printer is connected and installed on the computer.

Ultra Search is a fast file finder for the Windows operating system. The program could use additional filters to filter the search results, a portable version would be great as well.