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file searcher with user-defined metadata columns (Windows)
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Posted by Lucas
Jan 18, 2021 at 03:07 PM
Good question. Such software would certainly be useful. I’ve used the excellent Tabbles (tabbles.net) for organizing files on Windows, but I think it’s limited to tagging.
As you know, this question has already been discussed at length in this forum:
https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4455/10
The only other possibility I’m aware of is the enterprise-oriented software Globodex, although I’ve never used it. For instance, see this article:
https://www.globodox.com/globodox-features/find-files-effortlessly/
From the article: “you can use GLOBODOX to add custom fields such as ‘Verified by’, ‘Amount’, and ‘Client’ to the Invoice document type. When you want to find the invoices as specified above, you can use GLOBODOX’s multi-condition search feature to search for invoice documents by entering the ’Amount’ as less than or equal to $1000, ‘Verified by’ as ‘Joe Smith’, and ‘Client’ as ‘LMN Inc.’ You will find all documents satisfying the criteria in an instant!”
However, being enterprise-oriented software, the price isn’t even listed. You have to contact them.
Alternatively, if all of your documents are Microsoft Office documents, it is easy to add custom properties: