Precision File Search v1.0.15

This is a targeted usability and bug fix release that addresses a limitation in the semantic file indexing system, restoring the ability for users to index folders from any drive on their computer.

Key Changes in this Release:

📂 Usability Fix: Index Folders from Any Drive (Resolves Issue #6)

The application's security validation has been refined to provide the flexibility expected of a desktop application while maintaining robust security.

• Problem Solved: Previously, a strict security check incorrectly prevented users from indexing folders located outside their primary user directory (e.g., on a D:\ or F:\ drive). This has been fixed.
• Enhanced Flexibility: You can now select and index any valid folder on any local drive that your user account has permission to access.
• Security Maintained: The path validation system still provides strong protection against path traversal attacks (e.g., using ../), ensuring that only the explicitly specified directory is ever processed.
• Documentation Updated: All relevant documentation (README.md, security notes) has been updated to accurately reflect this new, more flexible behavior.

This release also incorporates all the stability and performance improvements from v1.0.14.

Installation

1. Download the PFS-SETUP_1.0.15.exe file from the Assets section below.
2. Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. Administrative privileges will be required.
3. For AI Search features, please remember to configure your LLM and Semantic models in the Settings tab as described in the main README.md.

This is a key usability fix that restores expected functionality for a desktop search application. All users are encouraged to upgrade to have full access to their files.

Precision File Search v1.0.14

This is an important stability and performance update for Precision File Search. This release focuses on resolving critical bugs in the semantic indexing engine, improving the intelligence of the AI, and enhancing the overall robustness of the application for distribution.

Key Changes in this Release:

🚀 Major Fix: Robust PDF Indexing (Resolves Issue #2)

The semantic indexing engine has been significantly overhauled to provide fast, reliable, and self-contained PDF parsing.

• Removed External Dependencies: The dependency on the external Poppler library has been completely eliminated. The application no longer requires users to perform manual installation or PATH configuration to index PDF files.
• New Hybrid Parser: The system now uses the high-performance PyMuPDF library for all PDF documents, ensuring stability and speed. For all other file types (.docx, .txt, .md, etc.), it continues to use the powerful unstructured library to maintain broad format support.

✨ Enhancement: Context-Aware AI Follow-ups

The "Ask AI" feature is now significantly smarter and more intuitive.

• Prevents Hallucination: When you perform a Semantic Search and then ask a follow-up question in the AI Search tab, the AI will now correctly use the on-screen search results as its only context. This provides accurate, grounded answers based on your documents and prevents the AI from answering with irrelevant information from its internal knowledge base.

🔧 Build & Packaging Improvements

• Professional Installer: The Inno Setup script has been refined to create a standard, administrative installer that correctly places all application files and shows the full installation wizard, including the license agreement.
• Self-Contained Executable: The PyInstaller build process is now managed by a robust .spec file, ensuring all necessary dependencies (like unstructured.nlp data and hidden imports) are correctly bundled into the final pfs.exe.

Installation

1. Download the PFS-SETUP_1.0.14.exe file from the Assets section below.
2. Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. Administrative privileges will be required.
3. For AI Search features, please remember to configure your LLM and Semantic models in the Settings tab as described in the main README.md.

This version closes a major usability issue and significantly improves the reliability of the core semantic features. We highly recommend all users upgrade.

🎉 First Official Release of Precision File Search!

This is the first stable, production-ready release of Precision File Search (PFS), a private, AI-powered desktop search and knowledge engine.

Key Features in this Release:

• 🚀 High-Performance File Engine: A concurrent, memory-efficient engine for lightning-fast classic file and content searches.
• 🧠 Intelligent Semantic Search: Build a local knowledge base from your files and search by meaning, not just keywords. Features an intelligent re-indexing system that only processes new or changed files.
• ✨ AI-Powered Orchestrator: Use natural language to ask questions and get summarized, synthesized answers directly from your documents.
• 🤖 Trainable ML Document Classifier: Automatically sort your files into logical categories. The model can be re-trained with your own data for custom classification.
• 🔒 Privacy-First Architecture: The entire application runs 100% locally. Your data never leaves your machine.

Installation

• Download the pfs-installer-v1.0.0.exe file from the Assets section below.
• Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.
• For AI Search features, please remember to configure your LLM and Semantic models in the Settings tab as described in the main README.md.