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Index based document search utility

Microsoft utility that will index many different file types and allow the user to search with advanced search capabilities using simple wildcards, boolean conditions, and file "fields". No RegEx capabilities.

Files that can be searched include Outlook emails and their attachments, ALL MS-Office files, TXT, PDF, and many more.

file "Fields" include: "from:", "to:" "with:attachment", "filename:" "Author:", "extension:", "date:yesterday", "size:>100", "extension:log"

Results window provide preview capabilities.

Windows Search 4.0 is free to download.

This utility is different from the built in utility found in Win95/WinXP.

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Escape from Windows 7 "Search Results" path

When I do a search for files on my system with Windows 7 built-in search, it opens a window with search results. If ones of the results is a folder and I open it, I go to a location like ms:query=searchstring\Folder name, which displays as " ▶…
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How do I exclude certain email folders from being searched in Outlook 2013?

Email searches in Outlook 2013 work as expected. I am trying to refine it by excluding certain folders by default. I was hoping I could uncheck certain folders in Control Panel > Indexing Options > Outlook. Unfortunately, the checkbox is for Outlook…
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How to get Windows Desktop Search to Index URL Shortcuts

I love Windows Desktop Search 4.0 (XP/32-bit). I think that it's the best general piece of software since the GUI. It indexes the content of my outlook emails, their attachments, pdfs, files and any other file I point it at. I can search using…
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What do I have to index in order to search the Windows Control Panel (in Win10)?

In Windows 7 and 8, if I click the Start menu then start typing, the search results I see include Control Panels -- I could type "Mouse" or "Network" and see icons for the relevant control panels. In Windows 10, this isn't working. I've gone into…
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Windows 10 Creator's Update How to Search Control Panel

Since the Creator's Update in Windows 10, I have been unable to search items in the Control Panel from the Start Menu. I waited for a long time in the hopes that it would resolve itself. It has not. I have followed the instructions here: What do I…
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Can't install Windows Desktop Search 4.0

On a windows XP system, I try to download and install Windows Desktop Search 4.0 and it fails. The error I get: Windows Search 4.0 could not be installed on this system. For more details, check the log file. (C:\Windows\KB940157.log) The contents…
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Replacement of Windows Shell search of Outlook 2013

Unfortunately with Outlook 2013, it is no longer possible to search emails from Windows Shell ("Windows" key and type), which is incredibly frustrating as my emails are split over many psts and valuable knowledge is in specific emails somewhere…
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How can I search for a directory only under a specified directory and nowhere else?

My laptop has two drives, my regular hard drive and a smaller SSD. Somewhere on my computer is a folder that is just called “R” that contains code I have was working on a few weeks ago. I can not find it. Searching just on R turns up hundreds of…
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How do I get Windows Desktop Search to index my Exchange mailbox after installing Outlook 2010?

Prior to upgrading to Outlook 2010, I'd been using Windows Desktop Search (WDS) to index my Exchange Mailbox (which doesn't operate in cached mode) quite happily. However, since upgrading to Outlook 2010, I am no longer able to get search results…
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