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Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks
Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks
(8 customer ratings)
10982
Free
The Windows Desktop Search add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks is a protocol handler that indexes shared network directories and shared FAT drives. This add-in uses Windows Desktop Search 3.0 and later versions of Windows Desktop Search. This add-in lets you easily locate, and search the contents of, these shared network locations.
Details and Requirements
Windows Search:Windows Desktop Search 3.x (XP)
Windows Desktop Search 3.x (Vista)Get the latest
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TheReverandND
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
No Rating
x64, not just you. (4/19/2007)
Doesn't work on x64.
soupdragon101
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
No Rating
Indexes - but doesn't display contents (2/14/2007)
Does exactly what it says it does very well - however unlike files on your local machine it won't preview those files. An update to fix that would be welcome
Cobber7836
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
No Rating
x64 Support (3/27/2007)
Does not appear to index network drives on an x64 machine?? Or is it just me???
scoho83
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Like it
Ok Thgus far (2/8/2007)
Thus far pretty good. Give it a day to Index though.
KvWah1
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
It's okay
Puhleeez Network files (7/14/2008)
Please... Please... Please... patch this to be able to open/preview network files... Knowing the file is there (or one of 15 files) and then having to browse to them to open them, if incredibly frustrating!
bbprthead
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Don't like it
Why no PREVIEW? (4/10/2008)
I downloaded this to my Vista machine, so that I could stop using Google Desktop for Network Files. UNFORTUNATELY, I was VERY disappointed that it will not display a preview of the file on the Networked drive. Google's does, do you want me to switch back MS? I don't want to, I LOVE Vista, and would love if this add-in had preview with it. PLEASE PLEASE add this as an update, and I promise to uninstall Google Desktop, until then I have to keep using it.
Pagaille10
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Hate it
Still not supporting file contents indexing (9/23/2007)
While this add-in works and integrates perfectly to the vista instant search, it still misses something fundamental : the UNC locations names are the only data indexed; the content of the file itself is not indexed, as reported several months ago. Could Microsoft consider adding this feature ?
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