Search, Find and Locate Any Files on Local Area Network Shared Folders

I’ve worked in a education company 7 years ago and I remembered that the file server has shared folders which contains A LOT of word document and spreadsheet files. Sometimes manually looking for the file that you want by browsing the shared folders can be frustrating. Luckily I did not go through that but that’s what the sales people always complaint to me. There is a solution to this that is by mapping the server shared folder to a drive letter and then use the Windows search OR simply use LAN Search Pro created by the same author as SoftPerfect Network Scanner.

You can use LAN Search Pro to search for any files on your local area network using wildcards such as *.mp3. You can save even more time by specifying multiple file extensions such as *.mp3;*.mpg;*.avi on the search box. LAN Search Pro used to be shareware that cost $39 but it has been turned into freeware since October 16, 2008.

LAN Search Pro is a powerful utility for fast file searching across your LAN. You can search for specific file names or for specific file types (e.g. all MP3 files). LAN Search Pro provides a lightning fast search engine and includes the ability to search hidden network resources, restricted access resources, IP subnets, LAN FTP servers and much more. It comes with a built-in password manager to store your network logins for resources with restricted access. Besides the file searching capabilities, LAN Search Pro offers features that allow you to perform actions on the found items – copy, move, rename etc. Additional features include result sorting, filtering, export, search within results, minimize to tray, and more.

LAN Search Pro Features:

Search according to the specified criteria, search filters

Ability to search the hidden resources, IP subnetworks, LAN FTP servers

Ability to search the resources with restricted access (the ones you need a login and password to access)

Ability to ignore some computers (e.g. slow servers) when performing the search. You can also search for specific servers only

Ability to search specific network folders and much more

Save, load, sort, navigate, and perform any other actions on the search results

Fast multithreaded search engine

Support of large amounts of data – the list can now contain up to 2,000,000 files!

You can run LAN Search Pro on Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 (32bit and 64bit). There are two version of LAN Search Pro, the installer and portable. I’d prefer the portable version because I can save it on my USB flash drive and carry it along with me. This tool is mostly useful for people who requires to look for files on network. Well, this tool can also be abused by connecting the laptop to a wireless hotspot and do a search on “password”, “credit”, “bank”, “login”, “username”, “paypal”, and etc. Imagine what you would be able to find in an open network :twisted:

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