Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is the bomb

by crankygeek ~ July 29th, 2008. Filed under: Geek Stuff, Software.

Not in that hip, groovy, cool way. Since I’ve installed it, Outlook 2007 is hanging and I can’t make changes to the search configuration. I’ve even gone into Outlook and disabled any add-ins that could be conflicting, but WDS continues to choke.

I’ve been limping along with Lookout because it beats the pants off of Outlook’s built-in search (or, more appropriately, “blind grope in the dark”). But I’ve run into some conflicts with Lookout because you have to hack a bit to get it to work.

Fortunately, I just found out about a couple of modified .dlls you can load which do away with the need for “major” hacking and seem to work just fine.

If I can spare some time, I’ll probably take a look at Xobni, though Lookout has pretty much taken care of my needs up until now.

2 Responses to Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is the bomb

  1. Mark

    Hi Jack,

    Thought I’d take you up on the offer of advice on FeedBurner. I’ve done everything but I don’t know where on my Wordpress Main Template page (index.php) to put the code for site stats. I’m using WP 1.53 and it does not have a div called postmetadata. You’re supposed to put the stats code just before that div. I/ve moved the code around a bit but nothing seems to happen. Any ideas? No worries if you just want to brush off this pathetic cry for help. LOL. Thanks.

  2. crankygeek

    I’ll reply to your email.

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