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by steponnopets
23 Sep 2014 15:32
Forum: Script Exchange
Topic: Windows Search inside XYPlorer
Replies: 9
Views: 4058

Re: Windows Search inside XYPlorer

Thanks for your feedback highend and admin. The virtual beer you gave me made me go have a real one. I know Windows Search (and formerly Windows Desktop Search) have been--like most Microsoft things--much maligned, but my feeling about it is that it's quite useful in its present state. Of course it ...
by steponnopets
23 Sep 2014 08:41
Forum: Script Exchange
Topic: Windows Search inside XYPlorer
Replies: 9
Views: 4058

Re: Windows Search inside XYPlorer

Hmm, I didn't think to mention that. It should search whatever locations your Windows indexing service has included in the index. So a necessary first step for those not already using Windows Search is to add the desired drives/locations to the index using Indexing Options in control panel. If that ...
by steponnopets
23 Sep 2014 06:58
Forum: Script Exchange
Topic: Windows Search inside XYPlorer
Replies: 9
Views: 4058

Windows Search inside XYPlorer

Hello all. I am not a big forum guy but I just got hooked on writing a script to do the following: accept a user's query, feed it to Windows Search, and display the found files in a paper folder in XYPlorer. Since I spent an inordinate length of time getting it to work, I thought I might as well sha...