simpleLocation url Element (Search Connector Schema)

The <url> element specifies a URL for the location for this search connector. This value can be a regular file:// URL as defined in the RFC 1738 (https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt) document or a URL that uses the knownfolders: protocol. This element has no child elements and no attributes.

Syntax

<!-- url element for simpleLocation -->
    <xs:complexType name="searchConnectorDescriptionType">
        <xs:all>
            ...
            <xs:element name="simpleLocation" type="shellLinkType" minOccurs="0">
                <xs:all>
                    <xs:element name="url" type="xs:anyURI"/>
                    <xs:element name="serialized" minOccurs="0"/>
                </xs:all>
                
            </xs:element>
            ...
        </xs:all>
        <xs:attribute name="publisher" type="xs:string"/>
        <xs:attribute name="product" type="xs:string"/>
    </xs:complexType>

Element Information

Remarks

See KNOWNFOLDERID for a list of known folder GUIDs. Use the following format for the value of this element when using the knownfolder: protocol.

<url>knownfolder:{ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634}</url>

The following table shows the Windows 7 known folder GUIDs.

Examples

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<searchConnectorDescription xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2009/searchConnector">
    ...
    <simpleLocation>
        <url>mapi://{S-1-5-21-2127521184-1604012920-1887927527-2779359}/</url>
    </simpleLocation>
    ...
</searchConnectionDescription>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<searchConnectorDescription xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2009/searchConnector">
    ...
    <simpleLocation>
        <url>knownfolder:{ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634}</url>
    </simpleLocation>
    ...
</searchConnectionDescription>

Related topics

KNOWNFOLDERID