!!! NOT FOUND: gen_windows_desktop_search!!! Options

I just upgrade to Microsoft DEsktop SErach 3.0 XP from 2.6 and keep on having
options greyed w/ a message !!! NOT FOUND: gen_windows_desktop_search!!!
Options

Hi, do you have already an answer of the problem? because i have the same
error,
Ralph

"NK3" wrote:

> I just upgrade to Microsoft DEsktop SErach 3.0 XP from 2.6 and keep on having
> options greyed w/ a message !!! NOT FOUND: gen_windows_desktop_search!!!
> Options

No I don't

"Ralph184" wrote:

> Hi, do you have already an answer of the problem? because i have the same
> error,
> Ralph
>
> "NK3" wrote:
>
> > I just upgrade to Microsoft DEsktop SErach 3.0 XP from 2.6 and keep on having
> > options greyed w/ a message !!! NOT FOUND: gen_windows_desktop_search!!!
> > Options

Hi!

I also face the exactly the same situation!

John

"NK3" wrote:

> I just upgrade to Microsoft DEsktop SErach 3.0 XP from 2.6 and keep on having
> options greyed w/ a message !!! NOT FOUND: gen_windows_desktop_search!!!
> Options

This is caused by having a previous version of WDS installed (2.x) and
upgrading to 3.0. Basically the older control panel applet and some other
binaries are left over in the WDS program files folder. I ended up looking at
a box that never had 2.x installed to figure out which filed needed to be
deleted and deleted them off the upgraded box. Rebooted and the old control
panel applet was gone and thus the warning messages are gone. I believe 2.x
doesn't properly uninstall itself. The 3.0 control panel applet is called
"Indexing Options". The 2.x one is called something else and doesn't get
removed when uninstalling 2.x. I'm guessing for 3.0 they backported from
Vista instead of evolving 2.x into 3.0 which explains the main differences
between the applications.

Now if only I could figure out why when trying to search the web IE7 just
displays:

http:///?%20search%20query

in the URL bar instead of actually displaying the search results...

"NK3" wrote:

> I just upgrade to Microsoft DEsktop SErach 3.0 XP from 2.6 and keep on having
> options greyed w/ a message !!! NOT FOUND: gen_windows_desktop_search!!!
> Options

Well, I saw that in the meantime Microsoft released a maintenance release of
2.6.
So I ended-up upgrading to it.

Is-it enough to simply after uninstalling 2.x to deleted the program and
index directories?

NK3 shared these words of wisdom:

> Well, I saw that in the meantime Microsoft released a maintenance
> release of
> 2.6.
> So I ended-up upgrading to it.

You are aware of the fact that some Office 2007 applications (Outllok
and OnNote) need 3.0?

Rainald