It works by indexing the files on the user's hard drives, thus making searches faster.

One unpacks the program files anywhere on the hard disk and runs the executable directly.

[3][4] Locate32 was designed to mimic the locate command on Unix.

It was written by Janne Huttunen who indicated in September 2011 that it will no longer be actively maintained.

As of August 2012 the project moved to the open source repository SourceForge.