Description of Windows Desktop Search 3.01 and the Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows Desktop Search 3.01

This article discusses the availability of Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.01 and the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) for WDS 3.01.

Windows Desktop Search 3.01

WDS 3.01 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. WDS 3.01 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.

The search engine in WDS 3.01 is a Microsoft Windows service that is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007. You can use this search engine to index a program's content and to obtain instant results when you search in a particular program.

WDS 3.01 includes the following improvements:

• A new default policy setting to index Outlook mail only when Outlook is running in Cached Exchange Mode.
  
  Note You must configure Group Policy to enable WDS to index Outlook mail when Outlook is not running in Cached Exchange Mode.
• The Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks. This add-in lets WDS index redirected My Documents folders. This add-in also lets WDS index shared items on remote networks. By default, this add-in is included for supported 32-bit x86-based operating systems.
• Support for the following enterprise Group Policy objects:
  • Prevent indexing when running on battery power to conserve energy
  • Prevent customizing indexed locations in the Control Panel
  • Allow using diacritics
  • Prevent displaying advanced indexing options in the Control Panel
  • Prevent indexing files in Offline Files cache
  • Prevent indexing uncached Exchange Folders
  • Prevent indexing Microsoft Office Outlook
  • Prevent User Defined Locations
  • Prevent indexing e-mail attachments
  • Control Rich Previews for Attachments
  • Prevent indexing public folders
  • Indexer data location
  • Add Primary Intranet Search Location
  • Add Secondary Intranet Search Locations
  • Preview Pane location
  • Set Large or Small icon View in Desktop Search Results
  • Stop Indexing on Limited Hard Drive Space
  • Prevent Unwanted IFilters and Protocol Handlers
  • Do not allow Web search
  • Prevent Indexing Certain Paths
  • Default Indexed Paths
  • Default Excluded Paths
  • Prevent Indexing of Certain File Types

Windows Desktop Search 3.01 is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center.

WDS 3.01 supports the following operating systems:

• 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• All x64-based versions of Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• All x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003

You cannot install WDS 3.01 on a computer that is running Windows Vista. WDS functionality is already built into Windows Vista.

WDS 3.01 provides fast indexing, improved performance, and improved file type support. The WDS 3.01 installation process automatically upgrades WDS 2.5 and later versions of WDS. If you have an earlier version than WDS 2.5 installed, use the Add or Remove Programs tool to remove the earlier version before you install WDS 3.01.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the 32-bit Windows Server 2003 package now.

Download the x64-based Windows Server 2003 package now.

Download the 32-bit Windows XP package now.

Download the x64-based Windows XP package now.

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

For more information about Windows Desktop Search, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

The Multilingual User Interface Pack for Windows Desktop Search 3.01

Microsoft released the MUI for WDS 3.01 on February 20, 2007. The MUI resources that many languages require are included in a single installation package. By default, the MUI uses the English language. Unlike earlier versions of WDS, the MUI for WDS 3.01 package is a superset of the stand-alone English package. Therefore, you do not have to install the English version of WDS 3.01 before you can install this MUI package. The MUI for WDS 3.01 is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center.

This MUI includes resources for the following 32 languages:

• Brazilian Portuguese
• Chinese - Simplified
• Chinese - Traditional
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Norwegian - Bokmål
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Turkish
• Bulgarian
• Croatian
• Estonian
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Romanian
• Serbian - Latin
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Thai
• Ukrainian

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the MUI for Windows Server 2003 package now.

Download the MUI for Windows XP package now.

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.