From: "Hrvoje Mesing" 


"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:4297f18a.4268387{at}216.144.1.254...
> "Rich"  wrote in message news::
>>    I currently have over 1.3 million files on my desktop.  I have been
>> searching them with the built in Windows content indexing since Windows
>> 2000.  You can query it by SQL if you want.  There is an OLEDB provider.
>
> Now that is interesting. I have been enjoying fast searching for files on
> a Windows Server 2003 for a few months, but have wished that the query GUI
> was a little more friendly: Less clicking to start it, and remember that I
> only do advanced searches. I would also prefer a default of AND for
> keyword searches, and a couple of other things.
>
> Anyway, it appears that if I am sufficiently motivated, I could write a
> reasonably simple front-end myself. Perhaps I could use this (which I just
> found, but haven't yet looked at):
> http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/IndexingServer.asp
>
> Can you recommend a sample app that implements a search front end?


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There are numerous tools, but You can use VBScript to create one-liner for
CMD in like half an hour.


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