Charles, My preferred Explorer alternative is Xplorer^2 (https://www.zabkat.com/). The feature set (I paid for the Pro version.) is fantastic including search within search results. However, if you really want to look for alternatives to any program, I highly recommend alternativeto.net. E.G. https://alternativeto.net/software/agent-ransack/ Erich On Monday, December 26, 2022 at 14:03, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed: > My esteemed listamtes, > > The 1st couple of years AR worked really well. > > So much better than Windows Explorer. > > File Explorer has proven so unreliable and time consuming but AR has not > worked well for me for over 2 years now. > > The tech guy just keeps instructing me to uninstall and reinstall which > "solves" search problems for a month or 2. > > Ex. I search for all files created on my flash drive from 12/1/2022 > -12/25/2022 and AR looks for 3 seconds and then gives up with "No files > found" when I can open at least 15 files in File Explorer and see they were > created between those dates and are on that flash drive. > > Have you found any other programs which search drives better than FE and > AR? > > Thank you! > > Charles. > > Charles Meyer > Charlotte County Public Library