IFilter for enabling PDF full-text search on 64-bit Windows Vista

Not Microsoft. Not Adobe. But Foxit.

Read about it: here.

Download it: here.

[IFilter] Indexing contents of RAR files

I'm using this RAR IFilter from the IFilterShop.com (free for non-commercial users) and my RAR files are now indexed including the contents.

They also offer interesting IFilters for ASPX, CHM, MSG, MS Project, Mind Manager, and many more other file types.

Note from the readme file:

In Vista Windows Search and Windows Desktop Search you need to configure a custom temporary directory:

1. Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IFilterShop\RarFilter"
2. Add new String value named "TempPath" and enter the full path to the new temporary directory
3. Restart Indexing Service

PRB: Using Jet provider on 64-bit machines

If you experience the error message:

The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine

this is caused by the Jet provider not being available in native 64-bit.

You will have to target x86 with your .NET apps to make it work.

WORKAROUND: Mail icon missing in Control Panel of Vista 64-bit

You need to open the item "View 32-bit Control Panel Items". And there it is. :)

Enjoy!

INFO: Edit and Continue works only against .NET apps that target 32-bit (x86)

You cannot use Edit and Continue on a Windows 64-bit machine by default.

Workaround: For development and testing change the target platform from "Any CPU" to "x86" in order to get Edit and Continue support.