“Search Connector” is a less known feature of Windows 7, which allows us to seek on Youtube, Flickr, Become, Bing, Yahoo! Search, Amazon and on other sites directly from Windows Explorer, without having to open a Internet Browser.
Create Search Connector pentru Windows 7.
Everything stands in a file .osdx, which can be edited with the help of a text editor (notpad). For Bing Search Connector In Windows Explorer, file content .osdx It will look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<Shortname>Bing</Shortname>
<Description>Use the Bing Decision Engine to search the Web.</Description>
<Url type="text/html" template="http://www.bing.com/search?q={searchTerms}&FORM=MO0001"/>
<Url type="application/rss+xml" template="http://api.bing.com/rss.aspx?source=web&query={searchTerms}&web.count={count}&web.offset={startIndex}&market={language}&FORM=MO0000&version=2.0" Indexoffset ="0"/>
<Contact>[email protected]</Contact>
<SyndicationRight>Open</SyndicationRight>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
<ms-ose:ResultsProcessing format="application/rss+xml" xmlns:ms-ose="http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/">
<ms-ose:PropertyDefaultValues>
<ms-ose:Property schema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2008/propertynamespace" name="System.PropList.ContentViewModeForSearch">prop:~System.ItemNameDisplay;System.LayoutPattern.PlaceHolder;~System.ItemPathDisplay;~System.Search.AutoSummary;System.LayoutPattern.PlaceHolder;System.LayoutPattern.PlaceHolder;System.LayoutPattern.PlaceHolder</ms-ose:Property>
</ms-ose:PropertyDefaultValues>
</ms-ose:ResultsProcessing>
</OpenSearchDescription>
We can create a search connector for any search engine, portal or site. The condition is that it allows the RSS for the result of the search. For this reason, no Connector has been made yet for Google Search.
How to install a Search Connector on Windows 7.
1. Double-click on .SDX file and click on the button “Add” FROM “Add Search Connector“.
2. Now we can open any folder we want. On the left side below Favorites We will observe the link of the installed connector.
3. Click pe connector & search. Folosim Windows Explorer Search Box.
Download Windows 7 Search Connectors
Inside the archive web_search_connectors.zip The .osdx files for bing!, yahoo! are found. Search, Flickr, YouTube and Deviantart.
