One of the key reasons we use desktop search is for speed in finding things. I've been using WDS since it's first release but I found that X1 was faster at finding things and displaying results and showing previews. I've also recently seen Copernic and it was much faster. I think a key issue ...

Hello,I tried to a function wrapper for my website which calls ExecuteQuery(...). I got this error when I tried to display the output from the internet browser:Unable to cast COM object of type 'Microsoft.Windows.DesktopSearch.Query.SearchDesktopClass' to interface type ...

It only seems to be indexing Outlook items for me. I explicitly went in and added a bunch of folders under the options but no dice. Matter of fact I think it indexed them at some point and then went and deleted them from the index since the "Indexing Status" number seemed to shrink. I ...

I have ALL the problems encountered by some people removing MS DeskTop Search from my computer. I removed it using all the tricks I know + those given by members. Nothing works, I still get the message that the program is already installed on my computer everytime I try to re-install it. Now, ...

Hi,I am using WDS 3.0 Beta 2I have manually selected folder locations to index on my local hard drive, however, the list of files I selected keep dissappearing when I next go back into WDS options. Consequently, none of my files I selected are ever indexed.The files I select are not system or ...

Below are several links that you might find useful in working with Windows Desktop Search: Windows Desktop Search homepage http://www.microsoft.com/windows/desktopsearch/default.mspx Windows Desktop Search FAQs http://www.microsoft.com/windows/desktopsearch/enterprise/faq.mspx Windows Desktop ...

Hi i have a question.In our Company we have configured Additional Mailboxes.But in WDS they should be deactivated. The Additional Mailboxes shoud not be indexed. How can i do this.We are running Outlook in Cache Mode. Indexing Public Folders are deactivated and working. But Additional Mailboxes ...

I get a message that says #msntb_toolbar_full_name# is unable to load its config file. if you have recently upgraded to a newer version of the # msntb_toolbar_full_name# and have not restarted your computer since the upgrade, please try restarting your computer , if the problem persits, please ...

I have never been able to get the indexing to work in Outlook 2007 that is connecting to my Exchange server. I started with the WDS 3.0Beta Preview before Beta 2 was released and had no luck. Now that WDS Beta 2 is out I removed the previous version and installed Beta 2. Tried to force the ...

I get a message that says #msntb_toolbar_full_name# is unable to load its config file. if you have recently upgraded to a newer version of the # msntb_toolbar_full_name# and have not restarted your computer since the upgrade, please try restarting your computer , if the problem persits, please ...

As I am now using WDS 2.6, do I still need to have fast searching/indexing service enabled? If not, how do I disable Indexing Service and does it maintain a file somewhere that could be deleted to free up disk space? </span>

Internet - Troubleshooting. Problem: A user of an windows xp desktop can't access the internet through his/her internet browser.The LEDs on the NIC are on. Could anyone tell me the steps to follows to troubleshoot such a problem. The wall connection to the network works. So the problem is only ...

I installed 2007 Office and received a message that I would need to install WDS 3.0 Beta. I installed it and rebooted, but all of the WDS Icons, etc. are gone. I no longer have anyway to access the search. There are no icons, no search bar, nothing, so I have no way to get at the search ...

I ran into 2 problems with WDS version 2.06.0000.2083. I have just installed WDS for the first time on XP SP2. I don't have MSN Search Toolbar installed. My Outlook setup doesn't use Exchange and just connects to my ISP to retrieve email. The problem I have is that Outlook crashes on exit. I ...

I'd like to uninstall my windows desktop search but can't find it in the add/remove programs. How can I uninstall it </span>

<div>What interface and registry settings do I use to supply the picture for the Preview box in the Windows Desktop Search window?</div> <div>I tried adding an IViewObject2 to my IFilter DLL but it never gets called.</div>

I have installed WDS previously and had to remove it. Now I have installed it again but I cannot get the WDS box to appear in my task bar. When I look at the running processes I can see that it is running. I can also find it in the Add/Remove Programs control panel. No matter how many times I ...

I had been using WDS with no problem, but since replacing my hard drive (I did a full backup then restored the whole lot to a new drive) I have not been able to get ANY search results from it. The only other problem I had after the restore was with Office 2003, but after copying in the MSI ...

How can you search the text of PDF files using Windows Desktop Search 3 Beta 2. <font face=Verdana></font> <font face=Verdana>I also have Windows XP Professional, Adobe 7 and Office 2003.</font> </span>

Is there a way to connect to a Sql-Server Full text search catelog and display the result in the WDS UI? If not, is there a releasedate planned to implement this feature? Thanks, Gerard

Hi,Ctrl+Enter shortcut is not working in IE 6.0 .Could you please give me some solution.?Regards,Mygrpmail ...

Hi In terms of the Windows Indexing Service and IFilters you can register custom property sets and return data for these custom properties when your IFilter is called. In the MSN-DS (WDS) dev guide at http://addins.msn.com/devguide.aspx they mention that your IFilter should return values for ...

I'm beta testing a new utility (UltimateDefrag) that requires accurate last access time stamps in order to place the most frequently accessed files on the outer tracks of the hard drive for improved performance. I'm wondering if WDS updates the last access time stamps when it scans and ...

Cannot install/re-install MS DeskTop Search (nor toolbar): "cannot remove older version"; running XP Pro on Intel 865 motherboard with 1 gig of ram and 3Mhz Pentium 4. Error message "cannot remove older version" is response to running new download; nothing which looks ...

To open any files or programe i can see an messege -#msntb_toolbar_full_name# cant config the files,since you upgraded and have not restarted your pc,pls restart your pc, if this problem presist uninstall #msntb_toolbar_full_name and reinstall again.what can i do? pls help me to solve the ...

Cannot install/re-install MS DeskTop Search (nor toolbar): "cannot remove older version"; running XP Pro on Intel 865 motherboard with 1 gig of ram and 3Mhz Pentium 4. Error message "cannot remove older version" is response to running new download; nothing which looks ...

I installed 2007 Office and received a message that I would need to install WDS 3.0 Beta. I installed it and rebooted, but all of the WDS Icons, etc. are gone. I no longer have anyway to access the search. There are no icons, no search bar, nothing, so I have no way to get at the search ...

Hi,Can anyone advise why all my desktop icons and taskbar have vanished, all I am left with is the background. The system appears slower than it was, yet I have run several virus checks to no avail. I am 'protected by McAfee'. Another feature is that when I call up for some programs/files ...

As I am now using WDS 2.6, do I still need to have fast searching/indexing service enabled? If not, how do I disable Indexing Service and does it maintain a file somewhere that could be deleted to free up disk space?

wiwth your desktop index and cannot continue. Please reinstall WDS here: ... So I goes to the toolbar.msn.com site - download it, and it (the installer) tells me that it is earlier than the WDS I have installed. WDS is not indexing Outlook (I have a connection to Exchange Server - but store ...

One of the key reasons we use desktop search is for speed in finding things. I've been using WDS since it's first release but I found that X1 was faster at finding things and displaying results and showing previews. I've also recently seen Copernic and it was much faster. I think a key issue ...

Cannot install/re-install MS DeskTop Search (nor toolbar): "cannot remove older version"; running XP Pro on Intel 865 motherboard with 1 gig of ram and 3Mhz Pentium 4. Error message "cannot remove older version" is response to running new download; nothing which looks ...

I see that PDF is not currently supported (unchecked filetype in Advanced; and this PostID: 615984) in WDS 3.0 beta2, but I have had problems with 2.6.5 and one or other of the Adobe iFilters. I'm not sure which iFilter version is currently installed. I have Reader 7.0.7 installed now. Can ...

I'm using WDS for quite a while now, but there are two things missing. When I search for e-mails I sometimes miss the column "To", there is only the column "From". There is to my knowledge no way to add the column manually. The other thing is that e-mails in plain text ...

Not sure how many people know about the PHLAT proof-of-concept UI for WDS, but it's quite good - except it has yet to catch up with changed versions of WDS. (OK with most WDS 2.x versions I think).The PHLAT FAQ is here - ...

Cannot install/re-install MS DeskTop Search (nor toolbar): "cannot remove older version"; running XP Pro on Intel 865 motherboard with 1 gig of ram and 3Mhz Pentium 4. Error message "cannot remove older version" is response to running new download; nothing which looks ...

I'm not a developer, but couldn't find another forum to post a question.here's what happens:I type in search words in the WDS deskbar search box.A list of choices appearI click on a file or on "more"WDS application opensThen immediately closes.I have completely uninstalled and ...

Hi All, Suppose I want to give a command to the indexer to start indexing from my program and not from the WDS. How do I do it? How can I give a command to the indexer to index locations that I specify from my program and not from the WDS? Is it possible to control the indexer from outside at ...

Hi,Ctrl+Enter shortcut is not working in IE 6.0 .Could you please give me some ...

The first, I want to start the msn index process with index path explicitly in my application. Are there any command lines or APIs and so on to do this? The second, when I searched a file like “a.doc”, and previewed it. Then I delete “a.doc” in some ways, and search “a.doc” in WDS, the “a.doc...

How can you search the text of PDF files using Windows Desktop Search 3 Beta 2. <font face=Verdana></font> <font face=Verdana>I also have Windows XP Professional, Adobe 7 and Office 2003.</font>

I cannot search from IE 6 Address Bar any longer, The defaults are set, and it used to display results in the main window; I can still go to a specific web site, example: I can type www.microsoft.com and it will go to that site, but if I just type in "x", where x is my search name of an item, I ...

It only seems to be indexing Outlook items for me. I explicitly went in and added a bunch of folders under the options but no dice. Matter of fact I think it indexed them at some point and then went and deleted them from the index since the "Indexing Status" number seemed to shrink. I ...

Is there a way to connect to a Sql-Server Full text search catelog and display the result in the WDS UI? If not, is there a releasedate planned to implement this feature? Thanks, Gerard

After installing B2 I went to options and set search to include most of the folders on my C drive. After doing that search status showed that it was going to index 120K files. I tried a search and didn't get a match I thought I should have. I went to options and the included folders list ...

I ran into 2 problems with WDS version 2.06.0000.2083.I have just installed WDS for the first time on XP SP2. I don't have MSN Search Toolbar installed. My Outlook setup doesn't use Exchange and just connects to my ISP to retrieve email. The problem I have is that Outlook crashes on exit. I ...

On one of the machines where I have installed the second beta of WDS 3, the list of file types on the advanced page stops at "mda". No extensions below that in the alphabet even appear, nor can I add them manually (when I do so, it seems to work but the the added extensions doesn't ...

I cannot search from IE 6 Address Bar any longer, The defaults are set, and it used to display results in the main window; I can still go to a specific web site, example: I can type www.microsoft.com and it will go to that site, but if I just type in "x", where x is my search name of an item, I ...

Question:Other than excluding mapped network drives from indexing, is there a way to avoid WDS locking network files and preventing others from working with them (specifically, saving them)?Details:When one or more workstations in our office are configured to index shared network resources, ...

Hi All,Suppose I want to give a command to the indexer to start indexing from my program and not from the WDS.How do I do it?How can I give a command to the indexer to index locations that I specify from my program and not from the WDS?Is it possible to control the indexer from outside at ...