Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search'does not exist or is not a directory

[Guest ajkessel]

Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search'does not exist or is not a directory

 

Whenever I try to do a search with WDS under XP SP3 now, I get a

"Windows Explorer" dialog box popping up with the error: "The path '-

Windows Desktop Search' does not exist or is not a directory." I've

searched around and found very few reports of this problem and no

proposed solutions. Any ideas how to troubleshoot?

[Guest Kelly]

Re: Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search' does not exist or is not a directory

 

Re: Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search' does not exist or is not a directory

 

Err Msg: The Path <Web Address> Does Not Exist or Is Not a...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q190414/

 

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"ajkessel" <ajkessel@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:3010f756-285b-4fe0-9204-17b8211e72cd@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

> Whenever I try to do a search with WDS under XP SP3 now, I get a

> "Windows Explorer" dialog box popping up with the error: "The path '-

> Windows Desktop Search' does not exist or is not a directory." I've

> searched around and found very few reports of this problem and no

> proposed solutions. Any ideas how to troubleshoot?

[Guest ajkessel]

Re: Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search'does not exist or is not a directory

 

Re: Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search'does not exist or is not a directory

 

That knowledge base article is not related to the problem described

here. The problem I am having is Windows Desktop Search (under XP SP3)

doesn't allow any queries. The article linked relates to Windows

Update not working under Windows 98. I am pretty sure it is a totally

independent issue. In any case, the fixes suggested in the kb article

don't work (the registry setting discussed there is not set for me).

 

On Jun 25, 2:06 pm, "Kelly" <ke...@kelly.com> wrote:

> Err Msg: The Path <Web Address> Does Not Exist or Is Not a...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q190414/

>

> --

>

> All the Best,

> Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

>

> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

>

> SupportSpacewww.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner

>

> "ajkessel" <ajkes...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:3010f756-285b-4fe0-9204-17b8211e72cd@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>

> > Whenever I try to do a search with WDS under XP SP3 now, I get a

> > "Windows Explorer" dialog box popping up with the error: "The path '-

> > Windows Desktop Search' does not exist or is not a directory." I've

> > searched around and found very few reports of this problem and no

> > proposed solutions. Any ideas how to troubleshoot?

[Guest ajkessel]

Re: Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search'does not exist or is not a directory

 

Re: Windows Desktop Search error: The path '- Windows Desktop Search'does not exist or is not a directory

 

I figured it out. The problem was that I had disabled dde for Explorer

(I was having a separate issue that DDE calls to Explorer were

experiencing long delays). By restoring DDE in the registry, WDS could

be queried again.

 

The relevant keys were HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec

and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec.

 

On Jun 25, 2:44 pm, ajkessel <ajkes...@gmail.com> wrote:

> That knowledge base article is not related to the problem described

> here. The problem I am having is Windows Desktop Search (under XP SP3)

> doesn't allow any queries. The article linked relates to Windows

> Update not working under Windows 98. I am pretty sure it is a totally

> independent issue. In any case, the fixes suggested in the kb article

> don't work (the registry setting discussed there is not set for me).

>

> On Jun 25, 2:06 pm, "Kelly" <ke...@kelly.com> wrote:

>

> > Err Msg: The Path <Web Address> Does Not Exist or Is Not a...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q190414/

>

> > --

>

> > All the Best,

> > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

>

> > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

>

> > SupportSpacewww.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner

>

> > "ajkessel" <ajkes...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> >news:3010f756-285b-4fe0-9204-17b8211e72cd@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>

> > > Whenever I try to do a search with WDS under XP SP3 now, I get a

> > > "Windows Explorer" dialog box popping up with the error: "The path '-

> > > Windows Desktop Search' does not exist or is not a directory." I've

> > > searched around and found very few reports of this problem and no

> > > proposed solutions. Any ideas how to troubleshoot?