[AccessD] Using MS Access to read the Windows Index

I don't think it's possible Gus. I don't even think MSFT added an API to
read the index.
Indeed, they made changes to this in Windows 7.
I only saw this in Technet:
The index files have the following protection by default:
    Access Control Lists (ACLs) that only allow the BUILTIN\Administrators
and NT Authority\System users access to the index.
    Index files are lightly obfuscated.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-
> bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Guss Ginsburg
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:29 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Using MS Access to read the Windows Index
>
> I have created a folder where I scan documents into searchable pdf
> files.  I
> have windows (7 Ultimate) indexing setup to index on the contents, and
> now I
> want to write a query that uses the Windows Index file as the
> recordsource.
> I am hoping to set up this as perhaps a linked table, and build a query
> that
> looks something like:
>
>
>
> Select filename, path FROM WindowsIndexFile where IndexedContent =
> mysearchstring1 OR IndexedContent = mysearchstring2; where I am totally
> guessing what the fields are.
>
>
>
> My computer tells me that the index is stored on C:\Program
> Data\Windows,
> but there are a lot of folders under that, and I have no clue about
> where to
> look or what the file is or how to access it.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
>
>
> Guss Ginsburg
>
> Beechnut Consulting Services
>
>
>
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