08-31-2007
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Re: Vista not indexing folders that are selected for indexing
What are the names of some of the sub-folders that are not indexed? For
example folders called "temp" are not indexed I believe ...
<dlreid@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1188585085.572870.145660@xxxxxx Quote:
> On Aug 31, 2:04 pm, "Dave Wood [MS]" <davew...@xxxxxx>
> wrote: Quote:
>> 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.
>>
>> <dlr...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> news:1188580959.614175.204400@xxxxxx
>> Quote:
>> > On Aug 31, 1:07 pm, "Dave" <d...@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Are you searching for filenames, or text within the files?
>> Quote:
>> >> <dlr...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> Quote:
>> >>news:1188578338.033286.37390@xxxxxx
>> Quote:
>> >> >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.
>> Quote:
>> >> > 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.
>>>>>> Quote:
>> > 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.
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