IFilters
Summary: Plug-ins that let Windows Desktop Search index new file types
IFilters were originally introduced with the Indexing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000. Each
IFilter is a plug-in that understands the content and properties of a particular filetype.
WindowsDesktopSearch can be easily extended to understand new filetypes just by adding an appropriate
IFilter - see
DesktopSearchIFilters for more details.
IFilters are used by the original Indexing Service, Windows Desktop Search, and Sharepoint Portal Server.