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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Xjazz on November 25, 2007, 02:22:45 AM

Title: Windows Desktop Search (WDS 3.01)
Post by: Xjazz on November 25, 2007, 02:22:45 AM

Hi

Anybody use this search tool?
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/default.mspx

Is it capable to find a text strings, example from the .ahf film files?

I asking this, because I'm coding with python language a AH film search script (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219723).

I was trying WDS installation but process stop to the 'enable Terminal Services'-message.

Before I will enable any windows 'Remote Desktop Connection' related services, I would like to know if there are possible security issues.

Thanks

Title: Windows Desktop Search (WDS 3.01)
Post by: Fulmar on November 25, 2007, 11:38:56 PM

I have a feeling it won't be able to search text strings in a film.  I've had mixed experiences using WDS.  On my home computer (e6400, 4gb RAM, 500gb RAID 0) I seemed to have some hang ups occasionally.  Plus, its not really worth it on my system as I'm not searching for files constantly.  At work (as a graphic designer)I use it very frequently with fairly good results.  Saves me time compared to the standard windows search.  If I'm looking for a file or graphic and I'm not sure which server or archive it may be in, it saves me a lot of time with its indexing.  Of course, indexing too several days (400,000 files) and I turn indexing off as it is a resource hog when I'm working.

Title: Windows Desktop Search (WDS 3.01)
Post by: Xjazz on November 28, 2007, 01:39:10 PM

Thanks for the info. I develop my own search script then :)

Title: Windows Desktop Search (WDS 3.01)
Post by: Scca on November 28, 2007, 02:11:23 PM

There is a tool I use to search for text strings within files it's can be found here http://www.textpad.com/ (http://www.textpad.com/)   It's a pure text editor that has a find in files feature.  It works on non-text files too.

The free download has a trial, but I do not know if it's fully functional.

Title: Windows Desktop Search (WDS 3.01)
Post by: 68Wooley on November 30, 2007, 01:31:58 PM

The free trail in Textpad is fully functional and never expires - it just pops up a message asking you to purchase every now and again - nothing too annoying. Its a great tool for any programmer and has a number of syntax files available for highlighting code in different langauges.

Title: Windows Desktop Search (WDS 3.01)
Post by: Xjazz on December 04, 2007, 03:35:26 PM

TY for the repleys.

Anyhow, I wrote my own .ahf file search script
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219723

:)