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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Applicants:
David G. Devorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Belt, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy P. Mckee, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
David G. DeVorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Belt, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy P. McKee, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Aspects are introduced for indexing contents of a shell namespace extension. A plurality of files are indexed, and it is encountered that one of the files contains at least one file reference. The file is then accessed as a shell namespace extension so that the file reference can be indexed.