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Windows Desktop Search for Windows XP

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by wbgg

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Hi

Im running Windows XP SP2, Office 2007 and have just installed windwos desktop search.

Using the search function gives me no results when i try to search my emails (indexing is done and its running). I have looked at a couple of MSKB resolutions which have not fixed it.

I also have google desktop installed (was installed prior to WDS). which give me results- but way too many for a quick find.

Could Google desktop be causing the problem. Or should i be able to run both apps simutaniously.

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by alfa11

have you tried uninstalling Google Desktop?
I think that these two applications may cause a conflict if they are installed together in a system.

by wbgg

I'll probably end up trying to uninstall google desktop and rebuilding the WDS index, but first I'll continue doing some more searching for answers.

I would have thought there was a chance they could working with both installed. As you can install google desktop on a vista pc (isn't WDS just a simular app to Vista's inbuilt search?)

by dan reams

Make sure you have explicitly told Windows Desktop Search to index your Outlook email. To do this, right-click on your system tray's "magnifying glass" icon and choose 'Windows Desktop Search Options'. Click the button, then make sure Outlook has a check-mark next to it. If it does, tunnel down into the Outlook tree, via the plus signs, and make sure your main inbox has a check mark next to it.

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