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Windows Search

Windows Search (formerly MSN Desktop Search, Windows Desktop Search, and the Windows Search Engine) is a content index and desktop search platform by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista as a replacement for the previous Indexing Service of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, designed to facilitate local and remote queries for files and…

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Developer
Microsoft
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Predecessor
Indexing Service, Windows Desktop Search
Release
January 30, 2007; 19 years ago (2007-01-30)
Service name
Windows Search (WSearch)
Type
Desktop search

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Overview

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Architecture

Programmability

Windows Desktop Search

Windows Vista

Windows Search 4.0

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Windows Search

Nodes101
Edges100
Triples166
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019802
Components1

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Windows Search

Top relations

related to Programmability · 32
Windows Search → All Users, Application Data, Applications, AQS, Data, Data Source Object, Extensible Storage Engine, Indexing Service OLE DB, It, Managed, Microsoft, MSIDXS ADO, Native, NET, NQS, OLE DB Rowsets, One, ProgramData, Programmers, Search
related to User Interface · 23
Windows Search → AQS, Control Panel, Explorer, From, However, In, It, Open/Save, Preview, Preview Handler, Preview Pane, Search Explorer, Searching, Start, The, The Explorer, There, This, Thumbnail Handler, WDS
related to history · 18
Windows Search → Cairo, December, Desktop Search, Development, In, Indexing Service, Internet Information Services, MSN Toolbar Suite, Object File System, PowerPoint, Web, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Search Engine, Windows Shell, Windows Vista, Windows XP, WinFS
related to Windows Search 4.0 · 18
Windows Search → Casino, Early, Instant Search, It, Microsoft's Windows Live, OneView, This, Vista, Vista-only, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Live, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Search, Windows Server, Windows Vista, Windows XP, XP
related to Windows Vista · 13
Windows Search → API, Group Policy, IFilters, Instant Search, It, Start, This, Unlike WDS, WDS, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Explorer, Windows Server, Windows Vista
related to Advanced Query Syntax · 12
Windows Search → Advanced Query Syntax, AND, AQS, Boolean, File, GROUP BY, It, NOT, OR, SQL-like, Windows, Windows Desktop Search
related to Architecture · 11
Windows Search → APIs, For, IFilters, Indexer, It, SearchFilterHost, SearchIndexer, SearchProtocolHost, The, URIs, Windows Service
related to Windows 10 · 10
Windows Search → Enhanced, In Enhanced, In Windows, Indexer, Indexing Options, Indexing Options Control Panel, PC, Start, UI, Windows
related to Windows Desktop Search · 5
Windows Search → API, Windows, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Server, Windows XP
related to overview · 3
Windows Search → Index, Microsoft, No

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Important terminology

search windows also microsoft desktop index file query user vista searches items indexing files xp well system service results indexer

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows SearchDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Windows SearchOperating systemMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
Windows SearchPredecessorIndexing Service, Windows Desktop Search1.00infobox
Windows SearchReleaseJanuary 30, 2007; 19 years ago (2007-01-30)1.00infobox
Windows SearchService nameWindows Search (WSearch)1.00infobox
Windows SearchTypeDesktop search1.00infobox
Windows SearchWebsitehttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17190/windows-10-search-for-anything1.00infobox
Windows Searchis aextensible and programmable platform with multiple interfaces for operating over new or preexisting applications0.90text
Windows Searchis aIndexer0.90text
contentsinstance ofas well as of non-file items such as contacts and messages of Microsoft Outlook and their metadata for which users can perform incremental searches based on details0.80text
datesinstance ofas well as of non-file items such as contacts and messages of Microsoft Outlook and their metadata for which users can perform incremental searches based on details0.80text
namesinstance ofas well as of non-file items such as contacts and messages of Microsoft Outlook and their metadata for which users can perform incremental searches based on details0.80text

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