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Kool, Testing now :)

This totally rocks! I love that I can see my indexing status, I can speed up indexing and pause indexing when I want to - oh and nice touch to see the version of search I am using - who knew that could be considered cool!

Cheers matey :)

in my vista ultimated (italian) THIS NOT WORK.

Just added this to the vista sidebar configured to run in Windows XP, many vista gadgets will not run like this but the indexer status runs great :) I love it and thank you for making it available to all. Nice touch linking to the indexer tool when you click the gadget.

On my Vista Ultimate 64bit the tool doesn´t run...

When I try to install it nothing happens.. I'm running Vista Home Premium 64bit and whe

Sound cool but i have the same Prob that Kenny has. I installed it and nothing happen. I use Vista Business 32bit Version.

Doesn't work :( It just doesn't install :( German Vista x64 Business

Hi, Rename the .gadget file to a .zip file, not unpack it. Make a new folder called de-DE and copy the contents of en-US to de-DE (don't delete en-US). Now repack the files as zip, rename the .zip to .gadget again and install, works. German Versions tested only.

In the above text is a typo, where it reads "Rename the .gadget file to a .zip file, not unpack it." it should read: Rename the .gadget file to a .zip file, NOW unpack it. :)

You must open the gadget file with winrar or an other compressions programm.. then rename the en-US folder in de-DE if you have a german Vista... same for any other language^^

Just renaming the folder doesnt help - the gadget becomes useless and dont work anymore. PC-WORLD-Germany has a full how-to-article for german Vista-Users. http://tinyurl.com/6ysapq

When I try to install it on Vista Home Premium 32 bit in Spanish nothing happens, doesn't install.

world > en-us

Hi guys, thanks for the quick feedback! I have updated the gadget and I believe it should now work on non-English systems. Please let me know if you have further issues. Thanks!

Good Work Brandon. First tried the en-US Version. Who did her job without a problem after adding the de-De Folder. The new Version works on German Vista Ultimate without any Problems. Thanks!

Thanks, Brandon. Installed and Working perfectly in my Spanish Vista. Good Work.

Well, the script to start/stop indexing doesn't work on german vista, it tries to load from the en-us folder.

@german vista versions just make dir "en-us" in c:\Users\"profilename"\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows sidebar\Gadgets\Indexer Status.gadget. Now copy dir "vbs" to "en-us".

I found that yesterday's fix had an unfortunate side effect (that's what I get for not properly testing a change). I have now corrected it, and the gadget including the indexer controls should now work on all versions of Vista. The version has been updated to 1.1.

Nice little gadget. Seems to work great so far on Home Premium x64.

Great work! I missed that functionality on my desktop for a long time. Never unerstood why this functionylity was removed. IIRC the early MSN Desktop search and Stuff I've Seen provided this functionality in the tray.

Dude you rock! :-) Not to be a twit but did you ever finish the second part of the article that introduced this gadget? --Greg

dude this gadget is awesome..thanks

Dear Brandon Paddock: My name is Shotaro Hasegawa, a staff editor of "Windows Forest" <http://www.forest.impress.co.jp/> a webzine about Windows online software at Impress Watch Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Our website "Windows Forest" is known as an online software directory service in Japan, and we have 32 millions page views per month. We owe this figure to every online software author and users of our website. We will announce you that we introduced your excellent software Indexer Status Gadget today in our news article. Its URL is shown below. We are sorry that no English page is available. http://www.forest.impress.co.jp/article/2008/05/15/indexerstatusgadget.html We thank you and if your software is updated or new software is released, please tell us. We appreciate your business, Windows Forest Shotaro Hasegawa, staff editor Impress Watch Corporation, Tokyo, Japan TEL:+81-3-5275-1040 mailto:mado-no-mori-info@impress.co.jp http://www.forest.impress.co.jp/

Hello Brandon, i have send you a german translation from you Gadget, have you the email received ???

Wow, this is perfect. Many thanks for this one. Simon http://www.kysi2.com

"Publisher could not be verified" Vista won't let me install it. Perhaps you could sign the program, Brandon? I'd love to use it.

If someone wants to donate a codesigning certificate, sure =) Why would that stop you from installing it?

Great app, now all we need is a search box on the desktop where a query can be entered. Business has this I think, it would be nice in Ultimate too! Anyone know how to do this?

Feature suggestion. It would be nice to see a 'Successful query" option so we know the index is being accessed instead of the store. (mainly for programmers making sure thier software is hitting the index.)

very nice, found in a german PC paper (c't) were only the best tools com in. Thanks for your time and thanks for this helpful little software.

Love it. WDS made better!

This Gadget is really very excellent. Absolutely helpful.

Fantastic gadget, exactly what I missed on Vista. Never understood why MS crippled the UI of WDS on Vista. I noticed a bug in v1.1.1 running on a German Vista Ultimate. The control buttons are not updated correctly. When the indexer is paused, the correct image pausepushed.jpg is displayed. But when one toggles between Index Normal and Index Now the correct pushed image is not displayed after the Indexing... is shown after restart. The correct images will though be shown when settings mode is entered and left through cancel. The install kit contains a not needed file 'Indexer Status.gadget' this is the previous version 1.1.0 of the gadget. Thanks again for this fine piece Michael

Cool Gadget! Works fine Multilanguage Vista Ultimate x32 + x64, but there is a problem that many gadgets have... if you choose diffrent DPI settings the config dialog gets disordered so the version isnt there anymore :(

I just downloaded this and I was very surprised to see it. Now I will be able to keep tract of what's going on with my PC. Thanks for making this!!! Denise

Great gadget! Exactly the kind of innovative display of information that is useful on the sidebar. Why the heck is my computer doing so much hard drive grinding? This gadget can help sort you out! Brandon, I've got another idea/challenge for you: a Windows Problem Reports and Solutions gadget. This semi-annoying feature of Vista has a habit of using a lot of CPU utilization in the background when it runs (periodically), just like indexing. It would be nice to know when it is running so we can know why the CPU utilization is so high, with maybe options to suspend or disable it, similar to your excellent indexing gadget. Well done in any event.

Nothing but pro. Very helpful and useful tool for any level user.

Keep getting an error when trying the play or pause buttons. I'm using the Vista RTM and version 3.0 search does that have anything to do with it?

Knight - Could you describe what error message you are seeing? If you open the Indexing Options control panel, does it report that the indexer is running properly? I'd also suggest that you consider upgrading to Vista SP1 and Windows Search 4.0, as both contain numerous fixes and preformance/reliability improvements.

Please release a code signed version of this gadget, we find it very useful but our local standards requuire code signing.

Brandon, this tool is incredible. It should be standard issue with Windows. This tool actually made sidebar useful again. The only reason for Sidebar anymore was CPU Usage (Quad processor version) but I gave up on that. I actually ran process explorer to see what was going on with performance. NOW - I know what was causing the issues. Indexing! Thanks for taking the time to create this. I'd make a donation if you had a place for it. JJ

I love this tool :)

Hello, for a unknown reason, the gadget is telling that my indexer is stopped. But when I check in services console, the service "Windows Search" is started. The control panel is also saying that the service is running. Any idea ? (Vista Ultimate SP1 - Windows Search 4)

ninjarom said: Just added this to the vista sidebar configured to run in Windows XP ... Fri, Apr 11 2008 2:34 AM I installed Thoosje Sidebar for XP and downloaded Indexer Status Gadget, I am not able to install Indexer Status Gadget. Is Vista needed??

works fine on Win7 RC (32-bit)