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# Options Tab

## Options

### Application

Start

- Always start as administrator: If this option is enabled, the system starts UltraSearch with administrative privileges every time it is started. This ensures UltraSearch access to the MFT (Master File Table) of NTFS partitions to speed up the searching process. This setting also prevents many of the access problems to folders that cannot be searched without administrative privileges. It is recommended to leave this option enabled.

- Skip User Account Control Warning: If you start UltraSearch as administrator, the User Account Control (UAC) is displayed when the application starts. You can suppress this message by enabling this option.

- Launch at Windows startup: Starts UltraSearch automatically in the notification area of the taskbar when the system starts. Select this option to start UltraSearch at any time from the notification area of the taskbar. The key combination ‘Ctrl + Shift + U’ can be used to bring UltraSearch to the foreground at lightning speed and you can start your search without delay. You can change the key combination for calling up UltraSearch via ‘Select Hotkey’ at any time.

- Disable splash screen: Professional Edition: If this option is activated, the welcome screen is no longer displayed when UltraSearch is started.

Windows Explorer

- Start UltraSearch: This option adds an entry to the context menu of the Windows Explorer, which you can use to start UltraSearch.

- Search with UltraSearch: This option adds an entry to the Windows Explorer context menu that is used to start UltraSearch and automatically search the current folder.

Minimization

- Minimize to a system tray icon: If this option is enabled, UltraSearch is minimized to the notification area when you close the program. It opens UltraSearch again when you click the corresponding icon in the taskbar or press the hotkey.

- Minimize on double click: Minimizes the main window of the program when an item in the result list is opened by double-clicking it.

Appearance

- Use dark theme: With this option the appearance of the application can be changed. Using this option will enable the dark mode of UltraSearch independent of the current Windows setting.

- Use light theme: With this option the appearance of the application can be changed. Using this option will enable the light mode of UltraSearch independent of the current Windows setting.

- System default: This option for automatic detection of the theme is based on your current Windows setting and automatically adapts the appearance of UltraSearch to it.

Keyboard Hotkey

- Select hotkey: Opens a dialog where you can change the global hotkey. You can use the selected hotkey to minimize UltraSearch in the taskbar or notification area or to bring it to the foreground. If the ‘Launch at Windows startup’ option is active, you can also use this hotkey to launch the program.

Product improvement

- Inform about access to updates and support: This option informs you as soon as a new product version is released. You can download and install it directly from the application.

- Collect anonymous usage statistics: Collecting anonymous usage statistics helps us further improve the product. No personal or sensitive data is transmitted.

### Language

- Opens a list of all available languages. Select the language in which the user interface texts are to be displayed.

### Miscellaneous

History

- Highlight search terms results: If this option is activated, each result in the result list will be highlighted in color to indicate which search criteria are responsible for the file appearing in the result list.

- Save recent searches: If this option is activated, the last 15 search patterns used are saved. The search patterns can be selected under ‘Search > Recent searches’or via the drop-down list of the search field. Information: A search pattern is not saved until you press Enter or leave the search field.

- Ignore umlauts/accents: If this option is enabled, umlauts and accents will be ignored during the search. The search term does not need to explicitly include them to find filenames with accents or umlauts.

Auto-Check new drives

- Show search buttons: Displays additional buttons for manually starting and stopping the search on the ‘Home’ tab. If this option is active, the search is no longer automatically updated while entering a search pattern, but only when the button is pressed or the ‘Enter’ key is pressed. A change in the filter settings continues to automatically start a new search.

- Auto-Check new drives: If this option is activated, newly connected drives such as USB sticks or SD cards are automatically activated in the drive list and selected for searching.

- Watch file system changes: If this option is enabled, UltraSearch monitors changes to the file system and automatically updates the internal cache in memory. The changes are taken into account for further searches. If this option is disabled, a cache update under ‘Search > Refresh > Refresh’ is required to include changes to the file system in the search. It makes sense to disable this option and update the cache manually if there are permanent changes at the file level on your system.

- Connect with SharePoint Online: Opens a dialog for configuring the SharePoint Online connection.

- Connect with a DataCentral Service: Opens a dialog for configuring a DataCentral Service connection. For more information about DataCentral and its configuration, click here.

## Filter options

### Exclude filter

Use filter: Switches the exclude filter on or off. A search is then automatically started with the new settings. If the exclude filter is enabled, files that match one of the specified exclusion criteria are excluded from the search.

Customize filter: Opens a dialog for managing the exclude filters. Here you can create and delete new filters and activate individual filters via separate check boxes.

### Configure file types

Opens a dialog that lists all file types and their file extensions. Here you can create your own file types or delete existing file types. In addition, the file extensions of all file types can be adjusted according to your own requirements.

### Configure content search

Opens a dialog in which the file types can be specified that are searched for when searching for file contents, in case that no file types are explicitly specified as a search term.

## Create portable installation

Creates a portable version of the software that can be used on a USB stick, for example. If you use this option, a dialog will open where you can select the destination folder for the portable installation. All settings of the portable version are also saved in this folder.