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WDS stands for "Windows Desktop Search", also known simply as "Windows Search", which is the search engine used on Microsoft's Windows OS. It supercedes Windows Indexing Service.

Windows Desktop Search is now up to version 4.0, and is used on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003 and 2008. It is an extensable search engine that can be queried via windows explorer or programmatically by ODBC.

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Windows Desktop Search via C#

Where can I find documentation about WDS, specifically, using SQL queries from C# to query WDS? Are there any resources listing the columns that can be queried from the SystemIndex? Additionally, I want the query to return the "context" i.e. just…
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Windows Desktop Search - SQL unbelievable slow '%search%'

I am trying to query the windows desktop search API using SQL. I have to say I really HATE the windows 7 search GUI, and so I decided to write my own. I have a lot of files indexed (approx 1.000.000), and I want to do a search for names. Something…
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Windows Desktop Search not returning QueryFocusedSummary

When searching through files indexed using Windows Desktop Search, it would be nice if I could see a snippet of the text within the document that is related to the search text. However when I try to retrieve "System.Search.QueryFocusedSummary" or…
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Microsoft Desktop Search - CONTAINS not returning results on windows server 2008

I am trying to search a remote fileshare (running windows server 2008 R2) for files that contain some text. If I try this, it works fine: SELECT System.FileName FROM RemoteServer.SystemIndex WHERE SCOPE='file://RemoteServer/FileShare' and I get…
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make a windows highlight search in c#

Would it be possible through c# to actually do a windows search (the one you find in Vista from the menu with higlighting (e.g you write 'fire' and get 'firefox')). Thanks :)
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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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Webpack 5: why MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader doesn't let HMR work?

Can anyone explain me why MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader doesn't let HMR work and how can I fix it? I created the following webpack.config.js file: const path = require ('path') const HTMLWebpackPlugin = require ('html-webpack-plugin') const…
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Windows Desktop Search - Force re-index / index now from command line

I'm working on a project where we're using Windows Desktop Search (WDS) to index files on a web share and then later allow the user to search via a website for documents in the share. These documents are transferred to the share via FTP, however it…
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Programmaticaly prevent Vista desktop search (WDS) from indexing pst files placed on mapped network drives

After several days and multiple attempts I didn't find any 100% solution for this trouble. My search and investigation scopes: Direct access to registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows…
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Open mails in outlook from java using the protocol "mapi://"

I developp a Java application using Windows Desktop Search from which I can retrieve some information about files on my computer such as urls (System.ItemUrl). An example of such url is file://c:/users/ausername/documents/aninterestingfile.txt for…
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Add a new CLSID to windows registry using WiX

I am trying to register a new filter with Windows Desktop Search. Ideal way to achieve do this would be registering new filter with existing persistent handler CLSID. But this cannot be done since .html PersistentHandler CLSID,…
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Connecting WDS Bridge to my Mobile Hotspot with Proxy - A6 AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO

Problem: I would like to configure my A6 AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Router to connect to the phone’s hotspot and I think the proxy setting is causing an issue that I don’t know how to resolve. Router: Hardware Version: V6 Firmware Version: V2 -…
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How to delete partitions in unattended.xml Windows 10

I'm having an issue with deleting all partitions in a WDS unattened.xml file …
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Open mails in outlook from C# using the protocol “mapi://”

I wish to execute a URL in the format mapi://{S-1-5-21-1626573300-1364474481-487586288-1001}/toto@mycompany.com($b423dcd5)/0/Inbox/가가가가곕갘객겒갨겑곓걌게겻겨곹곒갓곅갩갤가갠가 , which I got from searching via Windows Desktop Search. On Vista with Outlook 2007, this…
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Suggested wireless access point with support for 802.11n and vlan tagging (802.1q)

As the title says i'm in the market for a high-speed AP with support for vlan tagging (802.1q). Since i've never used vlan before i'm going to explain how I need the network to be, just in case there is something in my setup that will make this…
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