Thanks for reporting this issue with Paint. I just looked at this and a bug
has previously been opened and is being investigated by the relevant MS
people.
As you have noticed, the Windows Search Service does pay attention to the
"Index this file for faster searching" setting so files that don't have this
value set are not indexed. The fact that Paint files sometimes get in this
state was not intended behavior ...
Dave
"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CCB2E756-18B0-4CCD-A76E-23201C8298D7@microsoft.com...
> Well, call me confused. In Windows XP, the Indexing Service was disabled
> by default, as it is in Vista (a Service not to be confused with the
> Windows Search Service, and is an optional component). However, you are
> right, if I disable a file from being indexed via the file's
> Properties>Advanced, say, example.bmp, it will not show up in Search (a
> shortcut in the Recent Items folder does, however). Example.bmp is given
> an N attribute and apparently Search disallows the file.
>
> What is odd is that files are normally not attributed N automatically
> (with the exception of certain system files, like junctions or
> hiberfil.sys, or folders like Catroot or Prefetch), unless you
> specifically mark them, as I did with example.bmp.
>
> Try this. Open Computer, right-click your C drive, and choose Properties.
> On the General tab, make sure "Index this drive for faster searching" has
> a checkmark. In XP, un-checking that box didn't matter much if you
> weren't using the Indexing Service, and used Search Companion without it.
> Apparently the meaning of "Index this drive for faster searching" has
> changed in Vista...
>
> By default, any user-created, or user-owned files should not be disallowed
> in the index. Meaning you shouldn't have to go to Advanced in the file's
> Properties to allow it. I've saved some files through Paint and can't
> reproduce your the problem you are describing. In what directory do you
> usually save your files?
>
> "Rolly" <none@invalid.net> wrote in message news:f8g0lv$q9k$1@aioe.org...
>> On 2007-07-28 18:46:55 +0100, "dean-dean"
>> <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> said:
>>
>>> 'Index this file for faster searching' is a legacy function for changing
>>> the
>>> file attribute of the file. By default, the Indexing Service is not
>>> installed. Fiddling with all that has no relation to the Windows Search
>>> Service, which is the service you are using when you click on Search.
>>
>> Not according to this article:
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932989
>>
>> "You cannot find files when you search a Windows Vista-based computer
>> even though the files exist on the computer
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Cause 3: The file has properties that prevent it from being indexed
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> The Index this file for faster searching check box is not selected."
>>
>> Indeed, as soon as that box is checked the file is found by Vista Search.
>>
>> Or maybe there is something further I do not understand?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> R.
>>
>>
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