FindAtlas for Windows - Beta 0.2.3
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Fast, private file indexing for Windows 10/11.

Run FindAtlas.exe. For the fastest scan, right-click it and choose
"Run as administrator". The app uses the NTFS USN/MFT index in that mode.
Without administrator rights it falls back to a normal folder scan.

Keep pdfium.dll next to FindAtlas.exe. It is used to read text from PDFs.

What is indexed in this beta:
- File names, paths, size and timestamps
- Text and source-code contents
- PDF text (via PDFium)
- DOCX / XLSX / PPTX text
- SQLite databases (table contents)
- EML / EMLX / MBOX email text
- PST / MSG / Realm text via binary string extraction

Cloud files:
- "Index cloud file contents" controls online-only OneDrive/Dropbox files.
- Off (default): metadata is indexed, but cloud files are not opened/downloaded.
- On: the app asks the cloud provider for the content, extracts text, and keeps
  only the extracted text. The provider may cache the file temporarily.
- Clicking a cloud-only file shows an explanatory message instead of a misleading
  "not indexed" preview.
- Direct OneDrive/Dropbox/Google Drive API streaming is planned; this beta uses
  the Windows cloud-file provider already installed by OneDrive/Dropbox.

PDF notes:
- Clicking a PDF extracts its text immediately, even while a scan is running.
- To make all PDFs searchable at once, run "Start indexing" again and choose
  the folder you want (for example C:\).
- Scanned/image-only PDFs have no text layer, so there is no text preview or
  full-text search result for them. OCR is not included yet.

Licensing:
- Every device starts with a 3-day free trial, no account needed.
- After the trial, activate with a FindAtlas license key.
- In-app purchase is not enabled in this beta yet. Contact hello@lerensoft.com
  to buy a key or to reset a device.

Encrypted vault:
- Click "Set vault password" to encrypt the local index with AES-256-GCM.
- Click "Lock vault" to remove the plaintext index; the password is required
  again on the next launch. The vault locks automatically when you quit.
- There is no password recovery. "Forgot password? Reset index" deletes the
  vault and the index so you can start again.

The index and license session are stored locally at:
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\FindAtlas\

This beta is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning.
Feedback: hello@lerensoft.com
