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Search Files in Disks or Directories

VX Search Server provides multiple ways to search files ranging from simple file name wildcards to complex sets of multi-level file matching rules capable of searching files using multiple criteria combined with logical operators. In the simplest, case press the 'Search' button located on the main toolbar, enter a file name wildcard and one or more disks or directories to search in.

VX Search Rule-Based File Search

For more advanced search capabilities, press the 'Advanced Search' button, add one or more file matching rules and select an appropriate logical operator. VX Search provides a large number of file matching rules capable of searching files by the file type, category, file name, extension, location, size, creation, modification and last access dates, user name, file attributes, JPEG EXIF tags, etc.

VX Search File Search Options

Once finished adding file matching rules, press the 'Search' button to start the search operation. The main VX Search GUI application shows file search results and allows one to categorize and filter results, export reports, generate pie and bars charts and much more.

VX Search File Search Results

VX Search News

8-Jun-2026

VX Search v18.2 redesigns the file search progress dialog, improves the performance of the file search operations and improves the fault tolerance of the file search operations. In addition, the new product version improves the disk activity monitor tool pane, improves the system status monitor tool pane, improves the main VX Search GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

11-May-2026

VX Search v18.1 adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins allowing one to search specific types of files and improves the file search statistics pie charts. In addition, the new product version adds support for new types of file search rules, improves the file search rules dialog, improves the VX Search command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.

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