Windows Search(former Indexing Service, up to Windows Vista), also known as Windows Desktop Search, is the Windows service that indexes files on the user's hard drive.
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How to start/stop/pause the windows search indexer
I'd like to determine how to programatically start/stop/pause the indexer from Microsoft Search.
I know it is possible because I've seen it done in programs like this one: http://brandontools.com/files/folders/sidebar_gadgets/entry511.aspx
However,…
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Getting context around search string in results from Windows Search
I have code in my project that uses Windows Search to look through file contents for a string I provide.
SELECT System.ItemName, System.ItemType, System.Search.Rank FROM SYSTEMINDEX
WHERE SCOPE='file:C:/NiftyFolder'
AND…
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How to open Windows explorer and search from a desktop application?
I'm developing a windows desktop application with c#/.net and want to add a feature to open windows explorer and search a query in the computer from the application.
I plan to use Windows search protocol to implement it. Below is my code snippet.…
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Cannot WriteXML for DataTable because Windows Search Returns String Array for Authors Property
The System.Author Windows property is a multiple value string. Windows Search returns this value as an array of strings in a DataColumn. (The column's data-type is string[] or String().) When I call the WriteXML method on the resulting data-table, I…
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Can I register/install Search.CollatorDSO.1 manually
I'm currently trying to search through some indexed files using the windows.search service.
My problem is that windows search cannot be installed on the web server because its a 'web edition'.
Error message received is:
Search.CollatorDSO.1…
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How do I open "Windows Search" in a Visual Basic application?
How can I open "Windows Search Companion" or "Windows Basic Search" for a specific folder in an application using Visual Basic ?
I have found this article, but it's not what I'm looking for.
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How can I add "related" tag/keyword to search from start menu for an UWP app
To search a windows app from start menu search or windows search we type the display name of an app. However, I wanted to add customized keyword/tags to search my UWP app from that search. For some searches we see windows app suggestions or related…
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COM interop failing in release mode
I have a console app which makes a call to the windows search using a ComImport.
While this works fine in debug mode...the console application crashes in release mode.
What could be the problem?
[ComImport]
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Maximum vector size for properties in Windows Search
I've hit a limit when indexing PDF files in Windows Search, specifically the array size of System.Keywords property. Everything works fine up to 20 tags, but then any further tags aren't included in the index.
My first instinct was to see what the…
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Windows search query for a *part* of a word/substring in file contents
I am trying to query the Windows Search index programmatically using the Windows Search SQL Syntax
I am able to search file contents in my C# winforms application using the search query below:
string strSearchQuery =
"SELECT System.ItemName FROM…
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Tracking "Windows Search" Queries
I can enable logging for Windows Search through the registry (see below), but this only captures queries sent through the default user-interface for Windows Search. I want to capture queries used by Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, OneNote 2007 or any…
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Check if a location is indexed in Windows Search
How to check if a location is indexed or not? I found following code to index a location in Windows which works fine but I want to check if it is indexed or not before I make it indexed.
Uri path = new Uri(location);
string indexingPath =…
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Create a catalog for Windows Search Service programmatically
I've been reading through the Windows Search Service documentation and samples for more than a day now, and while I've learned a lot, I still feel no closer to the answers I was looking for.
The context is I have a web app that uses Indexing Service…
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How to interface Windows Search with Emacs
How can I access Windows Search index data from Emacs? Knowing this would be useful for example when writing a minor mode that integrates Windows Search into anything mode or ido-mode.
By Windows Search, I mean the Windows 7 feature that lets you…
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Is there some way to specify keywords for windows search for my application?
I am maintaining an application. My company want that application to be easily findable by our customers. I am looking for a way where our customers can find the application by typing related keywords in the windows search box.
Currently you can…
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