The last week, AlphaAlien, y_notm and myself worked on a guide regarding customizing the Windows Search and Indexing Engine experiences. I have coded a little application that loads itself in the background and waits for Windows Search windows or Open/Save file dialogs to appear. It enables the Search button and you are able to search in both indexed and non-indexed custom folders (although, it is recommended that you search in indexed folders only, otherwise the search would take some time). The application is acompanied by a few Command Prompt scripts which allow you to make it run on Start Up automatically, stop it, or remove it from the StartUp folder.

You can get the application here and the guide is available here.

Note: The application is tested in both Windows Vista and Windows Code Name: “Longhorn” Server and works fine. You need .NET Framework, at least v1.1, and v2.0 comes pre-installed with Windows Longhorn.