You have the ability to override the default search filters that Identity Finder uses to search the file types you specify. To open or modify these options, use the Override Default Search Filters feature by clicking the Settings button on the Tools and Options ribbon, and selecting File Search from the menu on the left. Then click the Override button.
If you would like to override the default filter tjat is used for searching files, click the Override button. For example, you might want to add additional extensions to be considered text, such as *.bak. In this case you may override default search filters so that those file types are treated as text. You have two methods for overriding how files are searched:
Plain Text Filter: This forces Identity Finder to search a file type as if it were a text file. The standard text filters will be used. Files added to the list with this option will also have the ability to be secured with Redact in Professional and Enterprise editions.
Strings Filter: This forces Identity Finder to search a file by first extracting any text within the file and then searching all extracted strings of text only. This is useful for files created with older programs where no filter exists and the file is mostly text but has a few binary portions. The binary portions are stripped away and Identity Finder searches the remaining strings of text.
To view or change these settings, click the Settings button on the Tools and Options ribbon.