crankygeek » windows desktop search http://blog.crankygeek.com a modern luddite in need of a nap Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is the bomb http://blog.crankygeek.com/archives/2008/07/29/windows-desktop-search-40-is-the-bomb/ http://blog.crankygeek.com/archives/2008/07/29/windows-desktop-search-40-is-the-bomb/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:36:28 +0000 crankygeek http://blog.crankygeek.com/?p=121 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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