Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Search Using Windows 7 Search Connector

Here is a Windows 7 Search Connector which uses Windows Live Search to search Microsoft Knowledge Base (MSKB) articles from within Windows Explorer.

Download MSKB.osdx and save to Desktop.

Double-click the file to add the Search Connector, and click Add when prompted.

This adds the MSKB Search Connector and then opens Windows Explorer. Type in a sample search query.



Fig 2: List of Windows 7 articles about “Aero”.


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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a consecutive ten-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in the Windows Shell/Desktop Experience category, from 2003 to 2012. He loves to troubleshoot and write about Windows. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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