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Optional PowerToys integration

FileSearch 1.10.0 adds a separately installed companion for PowerToys Command Palette:

  • FileSearch: file names finds files in existing folder indexes.
  • FileSearch: file contents searches indexed document text, including existing OCR text, with Unified queries such as type:pdf invoice.
  • Results show paths and matching text. Open files, reveal them in Explorer, copy paths or matching text, or choose Open in FileSearch to continue the query in the desktop app.

PowerToys remains optional. The normal FileSearch installers do not bundle the companion or PowerToys SDK, add integration startup processes, prompt to install PowerToys, or change shortcuts.

The companion searches compatible folder indexes only. Queries return up to 50 distinct files with a three-second deadline; partial results are identified. It does not start another indexer or fall back to a live disk scan. Drive-wide MFT snapshots and semantic search are not used by this first version.

See the PowerToys setup guide.

Desktop and Help updates

  • Desktop query handoff supports a query, folder, search target, and selected file, including activation of an existing FileSearch window.
  • Active searches and replacements are preserved. A removed folder does not redirect the incoming query to another location.
  • Bundled Help now includes PowerToys setup, settings, result actions, troubleshooting, limits, and desktop query arguments.
  • Updated the existing System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs dependency to 10.0.13 to address its reported vulnerabilities.

Windows downloads

  • FileSearch-1.10.0.0-win-x64-portable.zip: the complete desktop app and command-line tools.
  • FileSearch-1.10.0.0-win-x64.msi: the normal installer, unsigned.
  • FileSearch.PowerToys_1.10.0.0_win-x64.msix: the optional companion, unsigned. It requires signing with a trusted certificate before normal installation.
  • FileSearch.PowerToys_1.10.0.0_win-x64-development.zip: an optional development layout for local testing on Windows 11 with Developer Mode already enabled. Extract it to a permanent folder and follow README-DEVELOPMENT.txt to register the manifest. It does not enable Developer Mode or change Windows security settings.

Signing credentials are not configured for this repository, so signed MSI and Store/MSIX artifacts are not included. The companion's unsigned MSIX is a development artifact. All downloads have accompanying SHA-256 checksums. Install FileSearch 1.10.0 or later before using the companion.

Validation

  • Local Release build completed without warnings: 949 tests passed and four optional external-model tests were skipped.
  • GitHub CI passed Debug and Release builds and test suites, with 949 tests passing and four optional model tests skipped in each configuration.
  • Published CLI, MCP handshake, indexer lifecycle, bundled Help, and normal-app PowerToys dependency isolation checks passed.
  • Native Windows COM activation and both companion search commands were verified against an isolated fixture index during development.
  • The Release workflow passed its validation and packaging gates, including portable/MSI helper checks and optional companion package verification.
  • All four uploaded binaries/archives were downloaded and matched their SHA-256 checksums. The downloaded portable app's Help bundle and PowerToys dependency isolation, companion layout, and GUI/MSI versions were also verified.

Full changelog: v1.9.1...v1.10.0

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