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Posted by Sean McLeod on July 19, 2005, 9:52 am
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I posted a new item to this newsgroup on 7/15/2005 titled "Solution for
indexing browser cache history" which provides a link to a more detailed
write up and also allows you to download the app and/or source code for the
app.
Cheers
> Yes, I am interested but I am unclear if this (your post) is the write-up.
>
> I am testing the theory by copying some of my temprorary internet files to
> a
> directory and having the DS index that folder. Problem? No hits. I had to
> had
> htm/html as in the file types to index in the options but still nothing.
>
> So, is there more detail I need? What is %mydodocs%\webchache ? is that
> your
> permannent folder to index? I have no system var called that. My temporary
> intenet files does not point to that either.
>
> If you have an installable app or if this is just it, let us know.
>
> I hope Microsoft is listening (though of course they aren't) and tell me
> how
> long I have to use google desktop search to find my web pages.
>
> --ck
>
> "Sean McLeod" wrote:
>
>> Well now you do know of an add-in ;-)
>>
>> On my machine my app is scheduled to run once an hour and it basically
>> makes
>> of copy of the web pages (just the html and pdf/docs) that were visited
>> in
>> the last hour to a permanent directory, %mydocs%\webcache.
>>
>> The standard html, pdf and word IFilters are then used by MSN Desktop
>> Search
>> to index the files in %mydocs%\webcache so you can now basically search
>> the
>> contents of every web page you've visited, including pdf and word docs
>> that
>> you may have viewed in the browser.
>>
>> In addition I add the original URL to an NTFS property set for each of
>> the
>> files I copy into the webcache directory.
>>
>> So you can use the keyword property as a filter when issuing an MSN
>> Desktop
>> Search query, e.g.
>>
>> "MSN Desktop Search" keywords:slashdot
>>
>> Will search your browser history and find any pages that reference "MSN
>> Desktop Search" and that include slashdot in the original URL.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> > Exactly. I don't use and don't know any addins to search Internet
>> > history,
>> > however I wish that Internet history could be seached also through MSN
>> > Desktop instead of opening IE, click search and try find out infomation
>> > from
>> > a web page I visited some time ago.
>> >
>> > Mitja
>> >
>> > "Sean McLeod" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I wasn't completely clear, you don't use my app to perform the search,
>> >> you
>> >> use MSN Desktop Search to index the files and to perform the search.
>> >>
>> >> >I would really like to see Desktop search to look also in the history
>> >> >of
>> >> > visited web sites. Why searching for information in two separate
>> >> > way.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mitja
>> >> >
>> >> > "Sean McLeod" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I've written an app which gives you this functionality with MSN
>> >> >> Desktop
>> >> >> Search.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If there is any interest I can write it up and make it available.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cheers
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Are there any plans for the MSN Toolbar Search and Window Desktop
>> >> >> > Search
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > support for indexing of Internet Explorer history? I know I can
>> >> >> > search
>> >> >> > it
>> >> >> > directly in Internet Explorer, but in my opinion including this
>> >> >> > feature
>> >> >> > in
>> >> >> > MSN Search would be very nice.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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