Microsoft has released the new version of its Desktop search 3.0 beta preview engine. Windows Desktop Search, helps you find e-mails, calendar appointments, photos, documents and lots more.

 

They have integrated a few features that makes the search as fast as your web searches.

Some of the features from the new Windows Desktop Search, i liked are the Fast search with the better indexing of files.

Here are the entire list of features from Windows Desktop Search

Find Information Fast
Windows Desktop Search helps you find the information you need from the thousands of documents and e-mail messages located on your PC in seconds, improving your productivity. 

Search from Familiar Interfaces

Works seamlessly within Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Outlook and offers you familiarity, convenience and ease of use.

Easy to Deploy and Manage

Enables IT managers to quickly deploy, manage and extend across the enterprise.

Search Across All Common File Types

Finds results from more than 200 common file types (e.g., e-mails, documents, images, music, video, .pdf).

Search from Where You are Working
Enables you to quickly initiate searches from where you’re working within your PC whether it’s in the Windows desktop, Outlook or Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Privacy Protection
Adheres to Windows security and privacy model and doesn’t index sensitive data such as temporary internet files and cache.

Powerful Sorting/Filtering
Refine and categorize results quickly using simple buttons and menus.

Preview Files
Displays helpful summary information in each result as well as clear graphical representation (with the reading pane or thumbnail previews & icons.

Manage Files
Move, delete, copy, drag & drop files with one click.

Send Files
Easily send new e-mail, reply or forward directly from results.

Open and Run
Access files in their native applications or launch applications directly from results.

Polite Indexing
File index is built and updated during idle time so user productivity and system performance are not affected.

Though I am still a big fan of Google Desktop and I like it pretty nice as it has lots of features and I like the sidebar particulalry with Windows Desktop Search lacks.

 

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