On Aug 31, 3:57 pm, "Dave Wood [MS]" <davew...@xxxxxx>
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> What are the names of some of the sub-folders that are not indexed? For
> example folders called "temp" are not indexed I believe ...
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> > 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:
> >> >> 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
The folder that is not being indexed is d:\documents\literature.
Inside literature there are about 20 subfolders. The folders contain
mostly PDF files, with some text files and a couple random files.
None of these files shows up when searching indexed locations, no
matter how I perform the search.