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Posted by ashtonsbb on December 26, 2007, 2:07 pm
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BTW...after installing WordPerfect Office X3, the ifilter file is located in
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Corel\Shared\Indexing
"Patrick Ashton" wrote:
>
> WordPerfect X3 comes with an ifilter (wpdfilter.dll), but Vista's desktop
> search doesn't seem to be indexing WPD files. I have found lots of
> information on the internet for making the WPD ifilter work with other MS
> search technologies, but I can't find any information about how to make it
> work with Vista. I don't think the WordPerfect installer properly installs
> or regiters the iFilter, or possibly the ifilter doesn't work with Vista
> (though it works with other MS search products). I'm not an expert, but I
> think I understand how this is supposed to work. It's driving me crazy,
> since I have a document base of over 300 wordperfect documents. I really
> want to be able to use the intigrated search in Vista to search within these
> documents.
>
> 1. How can I tell if Vista "sees" the ifiler?
>
> 2. Assuming the ifilter is not "installed" properly for Vista, how can I
> manually make VIsta recognize and use the WPD ifilter?
>
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