On Aug 31, 2:04 pm, "Dave Wood [MS]" <davew...@xxxxxx>
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> Strange. In the Indexing Options Control Panel, is D:\Documents definitely
> listed as being indexed?
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> I would try doing a Restore Defaults in the Control Panel to reset
> everything about the index back to the defaults and then try from there.
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> <dlr...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Aug 31, 1:07 pm, "Dave" <d...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote:
> >> Are you searching for filenames, or text within the files?
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> >> <dlr...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> >I have search indexing turned on, and several folders selected for
> >> > indexing including the "documents" folder (which I have moved to the
> >> > location "D:\documents"). However, some of the sub-folders in
> >> > "documents" are not being indexed. I search for "*.*" or any other
> >> > search term in a folder with hundreds of files, and nothing is
> >> > returned. I must use the advanced search function and select "search
> >> > non-indexed locations" in order for the search results to show up. I
> >> > have rebuilt the index several times. I have taken ownership of all
> >> > the files in the "documents" folder. I have tried de-selected and
> >> > then re-selecting the location for indexing. I have made sure that
> >> > the file types are selected. Some of the files are .txt files, others
> >> > are .pdf files. None of them show up during a normal search. I have
> >> > Acrobat professional 8.1 installed.
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> >> > I believe this is a serious flaw or bug in Vista's search indexing.
> >> > If there is a solution, hotfix, or if someone can at least tell me
> >> > that this is a known issue and it's being worked on, I would greatly
> >> > appreciate it.
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> > I am searching for either or both. File names and text within files,
> > both searches result in zero matches. For example, if I create a text
> > file named "test.txt", and fill it with the word "test" repeatedly,
> > rebuild the index, leave the computer on overnight, come back once
> > indexing is complete, and search for "test" in that folder, I get zero
> > results.
D:\documents is definitely selected as being indexed. In fact,
indexing and searching works fine for most of the sub-folders in D:
\documents, however there is one in particular (that i have noticed,
there may be more), which refuse to be indexed, even when I
specifically select it in the indexing options. As I said, this seems
to be a bug. I will try restoring defaults and then rebuilding, and
I'll post if that works.
When I first installed Vista, the search indexing would not index my
Outlook emails. It would start indexing them and then at some point
stop. I contacted MS support about it and they determined it was a
bug, and it was later fixed in an update. I guess this is something
similar, where a particular set of circumstances prevents certain
items from being indexed.