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Craig
Hi,
My new employer wants to only use microsoft products. Hence, I am interested
in the msft equivalent of google desktop.
I downloaded version 3.01 of windows desktop search (wds) for xp pro os (32
bit version), but I can't seem to get it to work.
My chief puzzlement is with outlook. When I look under the Desktop Seach
Options, it appears to default to search only outlook express and there is no
option for indexing regular outlook. I use outlook 2003 sp2. How can I get
MDS to search my email? Should I have search index pst files?
I also noticed that MDS defaults to search not the entire hard drive but
only certain folders (I think documents and settings or my documents -- I
forget which becasue I changed the setting). I changed this to index my
entire C: drive, but it still does not appear to find all files. A search for
"xls" returned only 2 spreadsheets, when I have dozens.
All help appreciated. Please feel free to suggest an alternaitive to MDS as
well, if this tool is not up to snuff. Basically I just want a fast desktop
search tool, for email and files.
thanks,
Craig
My new employer wants to only use microsoft products. Hence, I am interested
in the msft equivalent of google desktop.
I downloaded version 3.01 of windows desktop search (wds) for xp pro os (32
bit version), but I can't seem to get it to work.
My chief puzzlement is with outlook. When I look under the Desktop Seach
Options, it appears to default to search only outlook express and there is no
option for indexing regular outlook. I use outlook 2003 sp2. How can I get
MDS to search my email? Should I have search index pst files?
I also noticed that MDS defaults to search not the entire hard drive but
only certain folders (I think documents and settings or my documents -- I
forget which becasue I changed the setting). I changed this to index my
entire C: drive, but it still does not appear to find all files. A search for
"xls" returned only 2 spreadsheets, when I have dozens.
All help appreciated. Please feel free to suggest an alternaitive to MDS as
well, if this tool is not up to snuff. Basically I just want a fast desktop
search tool, for email and files.
thanks,
Craig