Availability of the Windows Desktop Search add-in for UNC/FAT (918996)

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The Windows Desktop Search add-in for UNC/FAT is a protocol handler that indexes shared network directories and shared FAT drives. This add-in uses Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2 Technical Refresh and later versions of Windows Desktop Search. This add-in lets you easily locate, and search the contents of, these shared network locations.

After you install this add-in, you can use the Windows Desktop Search Advanced Options dialog box to specify shared network directories and shared FAT drives. The indexing process occurs when one of the following conditions is true:

• The computer is idle.
• You right-click the Windows Desktop Search icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar, and then you click Index Now.

After the index is updated, you can immediately search the contents of the network directories and FAT drives that you specified.

Prerequisites

To install the Windows Desktop Search add-in for UNC/FAT, the computer must have one of the following installations:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or a later version of Windows XP

Additionally, the computer must have Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2 Technical Refresh or a later version installed.
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the UNCFATPHInstaller.msi package now. Release Date: September 28, 2006

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Additional Information

For more information about Windows Desktop Search, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more information about Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: