Hulbee Desktop

Sure enough Windows comes with the basic of everything, which means there’s also a built-in method to quickly find anything of interest on your PC. In case results don’t really satisfy you, there’s the possibility to grab alternatives like Hulbee Desktop, fitted with powerful engines to look up items both online and offline.

For any kind of search operation to be efficient, the engine first needs to scan your computer so it gets used to all files and folder structures to know where to point you out for requested data. There are multiple indexing levels, which can either forcefully map out everything on the spot, or whenever the PC is idle so it doesn’t take up too many resources when you’re working.

It quietly sits in the tray area until you bring up the main window. It can be a little frustrating to work with a large window, but it’s pretty intuitive, with a neat overall arrangement of options. Initiating a search operation is simply done by writing keywords in a dedicated filed. If indexing is done, results are shown as you type, otherwise displayed when the scan stumbles upon them during indexing.

On the other hand, you can take the time to set up some advanced parameters in an attempt to narrow down results. Found in a side panel, filters are applied to locations, date, or size. Moreover, you can choose to quickly filter results by type by selecting the appropriate tag right after scanning starts.

As mentioned above, the application can also look up info over the web. It uses its own navigator and search engine, with no option to configure a preferred engine. The settings panel allows you to go over general behavior options, but there’s no hotkey support to quickly bring up the search panel from the tray area.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Hulbee Desktop is definitely a powerful search engine, but not without its shortcomings. Heavy configurations can be performed to set up the indexer for a good balance of performance and speed, with intuitive filters, and instant retrieval of results.