Favorite syntax for Windows Desktop Search

Published on 20 January 2007 • Estimated reading time: 1 minutes

Since installing Windows Desktop Search there have been a few syntax items I’ve used on pretty much a daily basis. The first is is:<type>. This lets you specify the type of content you are looking for. Syntax: is:<type> In my case, I generally look for emails, so I use: is:email

The next is limiting to the author. Once again, the logical syntax is: author:<name> Example: author:robert

Finally, I limit by date ranges. The date options are amazingly powerful and all use the syntax date:<range>. Examples:

• date:monday
• date:thismonth
• date:lastyear

Finally, here’s an example that puts it all together: is:email author:robert date:lastyear CRM