Indexing Service Implementations of IFilter
Note
Indexing Service is no longer supported as of Windows XP and is unavailable for use as of Windows 8. Instead, use Windows Search for client side search and Microsoft Search Server Express for server side search.
Microsoft supplies several standard filters with Indexing Service. The following table lists the filter names, what they filter, and the DLL name. Selecting the name of a filter takes you to a description of the filter.
| Filter Name | Files Filtered | Filter DLL |
|---|---|---|
| MIME Filter | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) | mimefilt.dll |
| HTML Filter | HTML 3.0 or earlier | nlhtml.dll |
| Microsoft Office Document Filter | Word, Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint | offfilt.dll |
| Default or Plain Text Filter | Plain text files - Default Filter | Query.dll |
| Binary or Null Filter | Binary files - Null Filter | Query.dll |