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MSN Desktop Search DebutsBeta application is available as part of the new MSN Toolbar Suite.Scott Dunn and Dennis O'Reilly, PC World
With the launch this week of new toolbars, Microsoft wants to make it as easy to find lost files on your desktop as it is to search the Web. The MSN Toolbar Suite, released in a beta version Monday, lets you initiate local file or Web searches with just a few clicks. But before you load these beta versions on your PC, you may want to wait until some of the rough edges have been smoothed.
The free MSN Toolbar Suite beta includes four programs that place toolbars across the top of your Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Windows Explorer screens, as well as in the taskbar at the bottom of your Windows desktop.
MSN Toolbar lets you initiate Web or local file searches with just a few clicks.The updated MSN Toolbar for Internet Explorer, the first version of which was launched in March, now searches for files on your local drive as well as for information in Web pages. The new MSN Toolbar for Outlook searches e-mail and attachments, as well as contacts, appointments, tasks, and other Outlook files. The toolbar for Windows Explorer brings Web searching to all your folder windows, while also saving your searches in a Folders pane on the left-hand side. This lets you rerun past searches with a single click.
The new MSN Toolbar Suite is free and available for download now from PC World's downloads library. Available now in English, the suite...