Microsoft just introduced me to a term I hadn’t heard before, but is now a feature you can use in Vista. Called SearchMelt, the Windows Vista Blog describes the feature as “Search + XML + Sharing”. Basically it’s a file you can share with others that remembers the settings for a search folder. If you’re not familiar with search folders, it’s your own custom ‘folder’ that you create based on search criteria. As an example, you could create a folder called JPG that when opened displays every jpg file on your computer. There is a small creator you’ll need to download that converts a standard search folder to a SearchMelt file, which you can then share with others. Pretty cool!