Windows 7 has a very useful new feature called a search Connector that lets you search through a Web site from right inside Windows Explorer. With it, you type in a search term and select the search Connector for the site you want to search, Windows Explorer searches the website without having to open the Internet Explorer and the result appear right inside Windows Explorer. Click any of the result to head there using your default Web Browser.
Normally, you’ll need to get each search connector from the Web site through which you want to search, and very few connectors are available, but you can create your own by this simple trick. Sites normally stick to OpenSearch standards in order for their connectors to work.
The search connector uses Windows Live search as a kind of go-between. You Don’t need to know any code for this, Just follow these steps:
1. Copy the following text and paste it into notepad. The text you will need to change is in bold:
2. Save the file in notepad, choose UTF-8 from the Encoding drop down list near the bottom of the Save As screen and give it an .osdx extension.
3. A sample search connector (searching Wikipedia) has the above modified code as:
4. In Windows Explorer, right click the .osdx file and select Create Search Connector. The Search Connector will be created.
5. You can now use your Search Connector. To use it go to Your_User_Name –> Searches –> Connector.
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