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Everything about Windows Search

Desktop search platform by Microsoft

Windows Search is a content index and desktop search platform by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista as a replacement for the previous Indexing Service of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, designed to facilitate local and remote queries for files and non-file items in the Windows Shell and in compatible applications. It was developed after the postponement of WinFS and introduced to Windows several benefits of that platform. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Windows SearchA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: An adaptive large neighborhood search for the multi-depot dynamic vehicle routing problem with time windowsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Window DressingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time WindowsCited 2,466 times
  5. Go sideways: Features new to Windows VistaA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: File ExplorerA closely related topic

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