emule How to search for files

Searching for a file in emule often means that query requests are made to all servers in the server list, asking if they know of a file that matches a search keyword in another customer. These servers themselves do not store any files, just index the list of files on all connected clients.

Advanced search methods in emule can support more accurate search of files on the network. It is best to use accurate search, because each search will bring a certain load to the server. Therefore, emule will only get up to 300 matching results at a time, and if you need to see more than 300 results, you can click More buttons to support the query to 1800 results in the server search.

Name

This is used to fill in search keywords and expressions. You can enter multiple keywords, and emule will only display the result of the file name containing all the keywords. If you need more accurate and flexible search, see the following Boolean search section.

The text input box also has an AutoComplete feature that records past entries. If you want to remove the search history list, you can use the Ctrl+del or Alt+del shortcut keys, or click the Purge button in the option-> display. You can also disable this feature directly (AutoComplete (historical feature)).

Type

The Select type can filter out files that do not belong to a particular class of extensions in the search results.

Method

Method is the way to select EMule Search. emule also supports web-based search engines, and web search results are opened in your Web browser.

Boolean Search

This method can create complex search queries by And,or,not (with, or, not) Boolean operators (logical operators). Use of these operators must be in strict use of uppercase letters, otherwise it will be used as a common search keyword.

Interpreting search Results

Number of available sources (source)

The number of available sources indicates the number of sources a download can find from the server. This is not the total number of sources for this file, but can be used as a reference for the file's propagation status. If a search can find multiple files, downloading the files with the highest number of available sources is a good choice. Also, look at the color implications of your search results.

The values in parentheses () after the number of available sources indicate that the source of the download can be added immediately without the need for emule to find it again.

Search in results

Use the shortcut key ctrl+f to open a search dialog box where you can use keywords (file names), file IDs, file sizes, file types, and the number of available sources to find. Using the key F3 you can jump to the next file that matches the input keyword and use the button shift+f3 to jump to the previous matching file.

The same file has multiple file names

Each file is identified by its hash value, not their file name. There may be multiple different file names for the same file in the search results. At this point you can click on the small Plus + in front of the search results to browse all its file names. If a file shows a very different file name, it is likely to be a false file.

Fast Filter Search Results

After the search gets some results, an input box appears in the upper-right corner of the results list. Here you can use keywords (file name), file ID, file size, file type, and other conditions to filter the search results, and in the results of different search, this allows the search results list to display only the files you need.