RE: desktop search recommendations

["Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>]

Kevin, indexed file types are noted below -- and the WDS help also
describes ways to make the software further extensible through iFilters:
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"Searchable file types
Microsoft Windows Desktop Search indexes more than 200 of the most
common file types, all of which are listed below. 

However, Windows Desktop Search cannot index every type of file. To
enable Windows Desktop Search to search more file types, you can use an
IFilter, which is a component of the indexing service included with
Microsoft Windows 2000 and later. If a file type you want to search for
is not listed, you may be able to download an IFilter that allows
Windows Desktop Search to index that file type. For more information,
visit the Desktop Search iFilters website, or the iFilter.org website.

 E-mail 
Windows Desktop Search will index the contents of the following file
types:

eml
 msg
 

Note

If a .msg file contains another .msg file as an attachment, only the
name of the attached .msg file is indexed.
 
 Contacts 
Windows Desktop Search will index the entire contents of the following
file types:

vcf
Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

vcard
 
 Appointments 
Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

ics
 vcs
 
 
 Documents 
Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

ade 
adp 
mpd 
mde 
 mpc 
mpp 
mpv 
vdx
 mpx 
vsl 
vst 
vsw 
 vsx 
vtx 
 
 
 Text documents 
Windows Desktop Search will index the entire contents of the following
file types:

doc 
dot 
htm
 html
mht 
one 
 rtf 
txt 
xml 
 

Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for:

pdf 
To search the full contents of this file type, download the IFilter now.

dvi 
eps 
jnt 
 latex 
pm 
pm5 
 ps 
pt5 
rtx 
 tex 
xml 
 
 
 Spreadsheets 
Windows Desktop Search will index the entire contents of the following
file types:

xls 
 xlw 
 

Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

csv 
tsv 
 wks 
xlb 
 xlc 
xll 
 xlm 
 
 
 Presentations 
Windows Desktop Search will index the entire contents of the following
file types:

pot 
 pps 
 ppt 
 

Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

ppz
 
 Music 
Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

aac 
aif 
aiff 
amf 
au 
cda 
dfs 
dss 
 far 
m3u 
mid 
midi 
mp3 
mus 
okt 
p16 
 psm 
ra 
ram 
rmi 
s3m 
snd 
sng 
stm 
 ult 
uw 
voc 
wav 
wma 
xm 
xmi 
 
 
 Pictures 
Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

3ds 
a11 
ai 
ani 
anm 
art 
b_w 
b&w 
b1n 
b8 
bga 
bit 
bld 
bm 
cdf 
cdr 
cmp 
cps 
cvs 
dib 
 dip 
dcx 
dkb 
dw2 
dwg 
fh3 
fh4 
fit 
flc 
fli 
gcd 
gif 
gl 
gsd 
hrf 
hs2 
hsi 
iax 
ica 
jas 
 jff 
jpc 
icb 
jpe 
jpeg 
jpg 
jtf 
lbm 
mpt 
msp 
nc 
neo 
pct 
pcx 
pda 
pdd 
pgm 
pix 
png 
ppm 
 psd 
pse 
qdv 
rgb 
rif 
rip 
rix 
rl4 
rl8 
sg1 
tif 
tiff 
van 
vda 
vdr 
wmf 
xif 
xpm 
 
 
 Video 
Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

asf 
asx 
avi 
awm 
cmv 
 m1v 
mmm 
mov 
mp2 
mpa 
 mpe 
mpeg 
mpg 
mpv2 
mwf 
 qt 
vue 
wmv 
wvx 
 
 
 Other 
Windows Desktop Search will index the entire contents of the following
file types:

bat 
c 
cmd 
cpp 
cxx 
dif 
disco 
h 
 hpp 
hxx 
idl 
inc 
inf 
inx 
js 
nws 
 pl 
ppa 
pwz 
rc 
reg 
resx 
slk 
url 
 vbs 
xla 
xld 
xlt 
xlv 
xsl 
 

Windows Desktop Search will index the file name and metadata for the
following file types:

acf 
aifc 
ascx 
asm 
asp 
aspx 
bmp 
cab 
com 
cpl 
cs 
css 
 cur 
def 
dic 
emf 
gz 
hhc 
ico 
idq 
ivf 
ivf 
jfif 
lnk 
 mapiipm.Note 
mda 
mp2v 
odc 
pl 
rle 
scd 
tar 
tgz 
tsp 
wax 
wbk 
 sch 
wiz 
wm 
wmp 
wmx 
wmz 
wri 
wsz 
wtx 
xlk 
z 
zip"

  

-----Original Message-----
From: techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Kevin McLauchlan
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:03 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: desktop search recommendations



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com] I've been using 
> Windows Desktop Search for probably nine months now. In a work 
> environment with vital information scattered hither and yon, it's been

> a huge efficiency boost. I can search either my hard drive and the 
> network locations I select or the Internet. It doesn't create huge 
> files or tap a lot of resources. It's very intuitively structured, 
> able to break out by file types, including e-mail, and extremely fast.

> The only really time-consuming point is the first build of the index
it uses.
> Just for grins, before sending this out, I queried for "desktop search

> recommendations" and got 10 hits among 208,000+ documents in a blink 
> -- including your e-mail. Once the initial index is built, it keeps 
> everything updated on the fly. You can also do advanced searches, 
> inluding Boolean and date-constrained.  Currently in ver. 3.01 at 
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/desktopsearch/default.mspx.

I use OpenOffice.org, The GIMP and some other open-source applications
in my daily work, so the search engine would need to index and find
those. Does WDS perform its functions in sufficiently catholic fashion?

If so, then our IT Dept. would likely let me install it without
squawking...
much.

Thanks,

Kevin


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