Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is the bomb

2:36 pm on 7.29.2008 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.

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  1. Mark says:

    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 says:

    I’ll reply to your email.