Thanks for your help, Dave.
"Dave Wood [MSFT]" wrote:
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> There's no way to do this built-in to Vista. I'm not aware of a third-party
> gadget to do this.
>
> "Ben Cadet" <BenCadet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >I think it would be more ergonomic and easier to use.
> > To be honest, Dave, I didn't think it would be that hard a thing to sort
> > out.
> > I'm used to using this kind of search on other OSs, and if I recall
> > correctly, Google desktop has this kind of functionality - but I would
> > rather
> > remain 'In House', so to speak, as my experiences from using google
> > desktop a
> > few years ago showed it to be an awful system hog.
> > Ben
> >
> >
> > "Dave Wood [MSFT]" wrote:
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> >> Can you explain what having search on the taskbar would add for you over
> >> the
> >> existing Start Menu search?
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> "Ben Cadet" <BenCadet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:ADD22BBE-D4F7-49C7-97DE-058156478B4D@xxxxxx
> >> > Thanks for the reply, Dave
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately still does not supply me with an answer!
> >> > I checked out http://brandontools.com/ , but there was nothing that
> >> > helped
> >> > me there.
> >> >
> >> > Any one else have any ideas?
> >> >
> >> > Ben
> >> >
> >> > "Dave Wood [MSFT]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The replacement for search on the task bar is having search in the
> >> >> start
> >> >> menu. It's the same number of clicks away - just click or hit the
> >> >> windows
> >> >> key and start typing your search.
> >> >>
> >> >> One of the devs in the search team Brandon has a couple of tools and
> >> >> gadgets
> >> >> available for download - I'm not sure they do exactly what you want
> >> >> but
> >> >> you
> >> >> might find them interesting: http://brandontools.com/
> >> >>
> >> >> Dave Wood
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Ben Cadet" <Ben Cadet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news 760EE4C-BA8D-4259-A33E-36E74998A25B@xxxxxx
> >> >> > I've just spent the last few hours futilely trying to add the native
> >> >> > 'Windows
> >> >> > desktop search' to either my taskbar, or the sidebar as a gadget -
> >> >> > but
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > no
> >> >> > avail.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Does anyone have any idea how to provide this obvious piece of
> >> >> > ergonomics
> >> >> > &
> >> >> > functionality?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I'm VERY suprised that this isn't an 'easy' thing to do...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Ben
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
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