Hayes Doc Search

Desktop search for Windows over the documents you add and the public pages of websites you add, searched on your PC, offline.

What it does

• Your own files: search PDF, Word (.docx), HTML, Markdown (.md) and text (.txt) files in folders you choose, with keyword, semantic or hybrid search.
• Fast, forgiving search: press Ctrl+K and type a few words or a question; results appear as you type. Quotes give an exact phrase, small typing mistakes are tolerated, and common technical synonyms are added (for example "cert" also finds "certificate").
• Readable results: one card per document, with up to three matching sections and your words highlighted, and a built-in viewer with Ctrl+F and Save PDF.
• Commands at hand: commands found in a document are listed with Copy and Pin buttons; the star bookmarks a document.
• Always up to date: changes in your folders are picked up automatically a few seconds after a file is saved.

Add a website: type a web address (https:// only) and click Add. The program downloads public pages from that one site and the section of the address you typed only. It obeys the site's robots.txt, waits between requests (at least 1 second, longer when the site's robots.txt sets a Crawl-delay), never signs in (pages that need an account are skipped and listed), and keeps the copies on your PC. Only add sites whose terms allow you to download and keep their pages. The program ships with no documents and no website addresses of its own: nothing from any vendor is included.

What's included

• A user guide (PDF), installed with the program and in the Start menu.
• Your documents are never sent anywhere; the program goes online only to download a website you added, when you click Add or Refresh.

Requirements

Requires: 64-bit Windows.

• Installs for the current Windows user; no administrator rights needed.

Free 7-day trial

Choose Free 7-day trial to use the full program for 7 days. After buying, send the computer code the app shows with your order number; you receive an unlock key for that computer that does not expire. If Windows is reinstalled or the system drive is replaced, the computer code changes and the key is reissued for the new code. Checkout asks you to sign in with your email (a one-time code, no password).

This product includes third-party software; see THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.

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