Here are the most common file types supported by Copernic Desktop Search. If you want to index a very specific file type, it can be added in the Options (tools > options > advanced). However, note that the file content might not be indexed but the file properties will.



Emails

Files

Music

Pictures

Videos

Favorites

History

Contacts

Organizer
Metadata are indexed for the following email formats:
  • Eudora® (versions: 5.0 to OSE)
  • Mozilla® Thunderbird™ (versions: 1.0 to 8.0)
  • Outlook® (versions: 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010)
  • Outlook® Express/Windows Mail (versions: 5.x, 6.x, including all non-password protected OE identities)
  • Outlook® Express/Windows Mail Electronic Mail (EML)
  • Outlook® Message File (MSG)
  • Lotus Notes® (version: 7.0.2 or later) *
* Copernic Desktop Search Corporate only
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
  • Microsoft® Word documents (DOC, DOCX) (versions: 6.0, 95 (7.0), 97, 98 (Mac), 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010)
  • Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets (XLS, XLSX) (versions: 5.0, 95 (7.0), 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010)
  • Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations (PPS, PPT, PPTX)(versions: 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010)
  • Adobe® Acrobat® documents (PDF)
  • WordPerfect® documents (WPD, WPF, WP) (versions: 5.0, 5.1 (not Far East versions), 5.2 (not Far East versions), 5.x (Windows), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
  • OpenOffice.org documents (ODT, OTT, ODM, OTH, ODS, OTS, ODP, OTP) (versions: 1.1, 2.0, 3.x)
  • StarOffice documents (SXW, STW, SXC, STC, SXI, STI) (versions: 7.0, 8.0)
  • Microsoft® Rich Text Format (RTF)
  • Unicode Text files (TXT)
  • Active Server Page documents (ASP)
  • C Code/Program files (C)
  • C++ Code/program files (CPP)
  • C# .NET Source files (CS)
  • Comma-Separated Variables files (CSV)
  • Header file (H)
  • Assembler language, Active Server Include file, Include file (various), Internet Connection file (used by ISPs) (INC)
  • Initialization/Configuration file (INI)
  • Java™ Source Code files (JAVA)
  • Pascal Source Code files (PAS)
  • XML Stylesheet (XSL)
  • Hypertext Markup Language documents (HTML, XHTML)
  • Extensible Markup Language documents (XML)
  • ASCII Text files (ASC)
  • ANSI documents (ANS)
  • PHP Script (PHP)
  • Log File (LOG)
  • Compressed Archive File (ZIP)
  • UCS2 Unicode documents (with some limitations)
  • UTF8 documents (with some limitations)
File name is indexed for the following file formats:
  • Gzip Compressed archive (GZ)
  • Windows® Help file (HLP)
  • RAR Compressed archive
  • Adobe® Flash® Format file (SWF)
  • Tape Archive file (TAR)
  • Visio® Drawing documents (VSD)
  • OpenOffice.org Draw File (SXD)
  • MHTML Document (MHT)
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
  • iTunes Audio files (M4P, AAC)
  • MPEG Audio Stream, Layer II (MP2)
  • MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III (MP3)
  • MPEG-4 Audio Layer (M4A)
  • Windows Media® Audio file (WMA)
  • Windows® Waveform sound/Audio (WAV, WAVE)
  • Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed WAV file (OGG)
  • MP3 PlayList File (M3U)
  • WinAmp MPEG PlayList File (PLS)
File name is indexed for the following file types:
  • RealMedia Media file (RA, RAM, RMM, RPM)
  • Musical Instrument Digital Interface file (MIDI)
  • and many others, including: .aa, .acp, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .au, .cda, .cdda, .m4b, .mka, mpga, .rmi, .sd2, .snd, .wax
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
  • Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
  • JPEG Format (JPE, JPEG, JPG )
  • Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF)
File name is indexed for the following file formats:
  • Windows® Bitmap Graphics (BMP)
  • Portable (Public) Network Graphic (PNG)
  • Adobe® Photoshop® Format (PSD)
  • QuickTime® Image (QTI, QTIF)
  • Tagged Image Format file (TIF, TIFF)
  • X-Windows Bitmap Graphic (XBM)
  • Windows® Icon (ICO)
  • and many others, including: .cgm, .dib, .jfif, .mac, .pct, .pcx, .pic, .pict, .pnt, .pntg, .rp
Metadata are indexed for the following file formats:
  • MPEG Video Files (MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPS, MPV, MPV2)
  • MPEG-4 Video Files (MP4)
  • Windows Media® Video Files (WMV)
  • Microsoft® Audio Video Interleaved (AVI)
  • QuickTime® Movie (MOV)
File name is indexed for the following file formats:
  • Microsoft® Windows Media® metafile (WVX)
  • Data Interchange Format (DIF)
  • RealMedia Videos (RAM)
  • Matroska Video Stream (MKV)
  • Ogg Vorbis Compressed Video File (OGM)
  • and many others, including: .3g2, .3gp, .asf, .asx, .dv, .IVF, .m1v, .m2v, .m4e, .mp2v, .mpa, .qt, .rv, .wm, .wmp, .wmx
Metadata are indexed for the following softwares:
  • Internet Shortcut (.URL files)
  • Internet Explorer® (versions: 6.0 or later)
  • Mozilla® Firefox® (version: 3.6 to 7)
Metadata are indexed for the following softwares:
  • Internet Shortcut (.URL files)
  • Internet Explorer® (versions: 6.0 or later)
  • Mozilla® Firefox® (version: 3.6 to 7)
Contacts are indexed for the following softwares:
  • Outlook (versions: 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010 - including Exchange Server)
  • Outlook® Express/Windows Mail (versions: 5.x, 6.x)
  • Mozilla® Thunderbird™ (versions: 1.0 to 8.0)
  • Windows® Address Book (versions: 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7)
  • Lotus Notes® (version: 7.0.2 or later) *
* Copernic Desktop Search Corporate only
Metadata are indexed for the following softwares:
  • Outlook® (versions: 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010) *
* Copernic Desktop Search Corporate and Professional only
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