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Apr 22, 2016 There’s a little icon next to the search bar with a folder and magnifying glass on it. Click it to open the Search side panel. Click inside the second dropdown which will likely have the My Documents folder pre-selected. Browse for and select the folder of PDFs you want to search through. Enter a search phrase and click the ‘Search’ button.

Set Windows 10 to Search All File Contents With This Setting. If you’d like Windows’ search to examine the contents of files, as well as the names, here’s how to do that.
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@emddudley, if you want the PDF contents to be indexed, you should ensure that in the above screenshot, 'Index Properties and File Contents' is selected for PDF files. Also, if you're searching non-indexed files, you may have to prefix your search query with content. – Sam Jan 17 '13 at 23:41.
In order to search in PDF files, you will need to set the In files/types filter to.pdf. This is a very important step; without setting your filter to.pdf UltraFinder will search for text in all files within your find locations! You can configure your PDF search further with more filters and further find options if you'd like.

I'd like to use Windows Search for searching through multiple PDFs in one go, but I see that in the Indexing Options' Advanced Options screen, PDF files don't have a registered IFilter:

What is an IFilter, and where can I get the appropriate one?

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IFilters allow Windows Search to search within file contents.

Here are three popular PDF IFilters^†:

Foxit PDF IFilter (commercial)
TET PDF IFilter (free/commercial)
Adobe PDF IFilter (32-bit / 64-bit) (free)

After installing one, you should be able to search within PDF files in the same way that you can for other types of files.

_{†:This article from 2009 has performance numbers, but they may not apply to current versions of the filters.}

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An alternative way to search through PDFs is to use the search function of PDF-XChange Viewer. It does not need indexing neither. This is my choice.

You can install the portable version. Hit CtrlShiftF to get the search dialog:

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You can use Mendeley; it's free.

First, add your PDF files and index them. After that, you can search them with auto-complete search.

You can also add notes on the PDF files with it.
If you have a lot a lot PDF files, sometimes RAM overflows when you try to index if this happen, just decrease count of PDF files.
Be careful, Mendeley actually is an academic program for reference system (yes, also you can use it for adding references to your Word document. I used it when I wrote my PHd Thesis; it was wonderful), so it will try to upload your PDF files to its server. If you want to work offline, change Mendeley's internet options and give it a wrong/offline proxy IP (like 127.3.0.1) . Then you can work with it off-line.NOT: You can also search in HTML or word files with Mendeley.

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PDF XChange Viewer, which has a free version available, comes with a built-in iFilter.

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Maybe little free tool Pasco from Microsoft Store?

Pasco is a software whose main task is to search for pages in a text (pdf) containing a specified phrase. As the software indexes ebooks, the search result is displayed immediately. Pasco is not only a search engine but also a convenient ebook reader.

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You can sort, filter pdf files based on title, pages etc using this shell extenion Debenu

Additionally, this portable application extracts all data from pdf files and produces a tabluar output which you can use in your workflow pdfinfogui

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Many of us rely on Windows Search to find files and launch programs, but searching for text within files is limited to specific file types by default. Here’s how you can expand your search to include other text-based files.

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We have shown you some advanced search operators using Windows Search before and even how to change which files are indexed and how to rebuild your search index. But what about searching for text inside of .html, .php, .js, and other text-based web and scripting files? Windows search allows you to include other file extensions in its index with a few simple clicks.

This technique works in Windows 10, 8, 7, or even Vista. The screens might look a little different, but it’s the same basic process on all versions.

Hit Start, type “index,” and then click the “Indexing Options” result.

In the “Indexing Options” window, click the “Advanced” button.

In the “Advanced Options” window, switch to the “File Types” tab. Select the extension for the file type you would like to include in content searches, and then select the “Index Properties and File Contents” option under the list. The text in the “Filter Description” column should change to reflect whatever filter is used to open that file type by default. In our example, we’re selecting the BAT extension, so the filter type changes to “Plain Text Filter.”

If you don’t find file type you’re looking for on the list, it means no app is set as the default handler for that file type. To add the file type, type the extension in the “Add New Extension to List” box and then click the “Add” button. By default, Windows Search will use a plain text filter to search the contents of those types of files, since another app is not associated.

After the index is rebuilt, searching for text inside one of the new file types should now show results.

If you’d like to always search within file contents for a specific folder, navigate to that folder in File Explorer and open the “Folder and Search Options.”

On the “Search” tab, select the “Always search file names and contents” option.

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After the index rebuilds, searches in that folder will automatically include file contents.