  Search Text In Files   Changelog for the latest releases:This page contains the complete changelog of Search Text In Files, detailing what has changed in each version. Search Text In Files 5.2
January 5, 2026 (PST)
Search Text In Files 5.1
January 4, 2026 (PST) - Supported decoding RTF, PST, OST, OFT files
Search Text In Files 5.0
December 7, 2025 (PST) - Added “Date Modified” column
- Added “Ignore Large Files” option
- Improved “Export to File”
- Removed unnecessary “Calculate Filesize” setting
- Fixed “Ignore Text” PopupMenu bug
- Fixed “Filename Filter” remember bug
Search Text In Files 4.7
November 13, 2025 (PST) - Made the “Directory” section fully editable
- Added confirmation prompt when opening multiple selected files
Search Text In Files 4.6
July 11, 2025 (PST) - The application now displays the name of the file currently being opened for internal searching
Search Text In Files 4.5
May 13, 2025 (PST) - Added “Directory History” menu into “Change” button
Search Text In Files 4.4
May 5, 2025 (PST) - Added “Text Encoding” option
Search Text In Files 4.3
September 30, 2024 (PST) - Supported reading Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and EML files
- Improved multi-line search
- Improved encoding detection
Search Text In Files 4.2
January 15, 2024 (PST) - Improved PDF error handling
- Added “Show Errors” option into “PDF Processing” menu
- “Show Found Lines” is disabled when “Search Text” is empty
- Improved speed
- Fixed tab key problem
Search Text In Files 4.1
December 4, 2023 (PST) - Supported PDFium
- Improved PDF handling
- Improved UI
Search Text In Files 4.0
November 24, 2023 (PST) - Added “Show Found Lines”
- Allowed multiple file masks separated by semicolon
- Improved UI
Search Text In Files 3.7
November 15, 2023 (PST) - Fixed some threading related bugs
Search Text In Files 3.6
November 9, 2023 (PST) - Fixed “number of items” bug
Search Text In Files 3.5
August 18, 2023 (PST) - Added “Hide File Extension” option
- CSV export includes header titles
- Added “Export to Excel”
- Improved UI
Search Text In Files 3.4
November 11, 2022 (PST) - Supported long path filenames
- Improved “Rename File” window
Search Text In Files 3.3
September 26, 2022 (PST) - StatusBar displays number of found files
- Changed “Find Text” to “Search Text”
- Added “List files where Search Text is missing” option
- New icon
Search Text In Files 3.2
August 5, 2022 (PST) - Improved thread and GUI relationship
- INI file is now UTF-8 encoded
Search Text In Files 3.1
July 14, 2022 (PST) - Implemented virtual listview that can display up to 100,000,000 lines
- Updated Xpdf
- Xpdf can only be activated if operating system is Windows 7 or later
- Fixed crash problem for some PDF files
- Fixed thread related GUI glitch
- Implemented loading icon
- Improved UI
Search Text In Files 3.0
May 24, 2022 (PST) - Added “Find” menu item into “Select” menu
Search Text In Files 2.9
April 26, 2022 (PST) - Remembers last directory, filename filter, find text and ignore text
- Fixed ignore text bug
Search Text In Files 2.8
February 22, 2022 (PST) - Remembers form position
- Remembers column widths
- Remembers checkbox values
- Improved “Options” menu
- Fixed “Ignore Text” panel position bug
Search Text In Files 2.7
January 1, 2022 (PST) - “Show Icons” displays images using 32-bit color depth
- Added “Select” menu
- Added “Send to Recycle Bin” menu item
Search Text In Files 2.6
December 12, 2021 (PST)
Search Text In Files 2.5
November 6, 2021 (PST) - Added support for searching PDF files for both single-line and multi-line text
- Fixed freeze problem when multi-line text search is performed on files that are already-in-use by other processes
Search Text In Files 2.4
October 14, 2021 (PST) - Added “Ignore Text” option
Search Text In Files 2.3
October 12, 2021 (PST) - Added “Rename (F2)“ menu item
Search Text In Files 2.2
August 25, 2021 (PST) - Supported wildcards for “Filename Filter”
- Implemented .stif filetype association as “Operation File”
- Implemented splitter in order to enlarge “Search Text” lines
- Improved UI
Search Text In Files 2.1
April 25, 2021 (PST) - “Drag and drop” accepts file by extracting its directory
Search Text In Files 2.0
April 21, 2021 (PST) - Supported multi-line search text
- Improved search speed
- Improved CSV cell export
- Double-click opens file with default associated application
Search Text In Files 1.8
January 1, 2021 (PST) - Fixed integer column sorting problem
Search Text In Files 1.7
November 18, 2020 (PST) - Fixed “select directory” bug occurring in Windows XP
Search Text In Files 1.6
November 11, 2020 (PST) - Implemented modern “select directory” dialog
- Displays elapsed time
- Added “Case-Sensitive” checkbox for “Filename Filter”
- Filesize is displayed in bytes for easier sorting
- Improved UI
Search Text In Files 1.5
September 13, 2020 (PST) - Supported drag and drop
- Implemented high-DPI icons
- Improved UI
Search Text In Files 1.4
September 2, 2020 (PST) - Added “Case-Sensitive” checkbox for “Search Text”
- Removed ASCII based text-file check in order to support international characters
- Supported portable deployment
Search Text In Files 1.3
February 22, 2020 (PST) - Lists all files if no search string is entered
- Added “Copy Filenames” menu items
Search Text In Files 1.2
April 16, 2019 (PST) - “Open with Notepad” and “Open with default application” are added into popupmenu
Search Text In Files 1.1
December 24, 2018 (PST) - Fixed auto select list item bug when mouse is over
- Fixed file in use bug
Search Text In Files 1.0
December 18, 2018 (PST) |
