"Paul Randall" <paulr901@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eFn9xNvDIHA.2004@xxxxxx
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> I'm running preinstalled Vista Home Basic on a cheapo Compaq desktop,
> which has no updates and has been connected to the internet for a half
> hour at most through a firewalled router, so it is probably not infected
> with much junk.
>
> Four questions:
>
> 1) On the Indexing Options which I access from control panel, I click the
> modify button to change the locations to be indexed or excluded from
> indexing. I can't find any way to remove the following locations from the
> 'exclude' list: Program Files, ProgramData, Default, and WINDOWS. I
> don't want any files excluded. How can I remove everything from the
> exclude list?
I've found part of the answer to question 1. The indexed locations windows
has an upper part and a lower part. Clicking the 'show all locations'
button, the upper window shows some (all?) drive letters with breadcrumb
icons to expand the folder tree. Next to each drive or folder is a
selection checkbox. The list of excluded places is displayed in the lower
window. All folders not checked in the upper tree window show up in the
list of excluded folders for each drive. Some of my excluded folders were
easy to find in the tree. Default was a pain, but eventually I discovered a
folder named default down a few levels.
I was not able to INCLUDE folder C:\ProgramData or any of its subfolders
because the checkboxes are grayed out.
I'd like help or links to info on how to enable indexing of this folder.
-Paul Randall
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> 2) When I click the Advanced button on the Indexing Options page, and go
> to the file types tab, I get a list of almost 400 file extensions. I
> assume that checking the checkbox means that files of this extension
> should be indexed. By default, not all of the file extensions are
> checked. I am allowed to check all but a few of them, but some don't
> stick. Two extensions that won't stick are .z96 and .zfsendtotarget. If I
> close and reopen this window, they revert to being unchecked. What can I
> do to make the checking a checkbox stick?
>
> 3) For some extensions, the filter description column says: Registered
> IFilter is not found. One example is files of type .zumaSavedGame.
> Below, in the 'How should this file be indexed?' section, there are two
> options, one of which can be chosen for the highlighted file type in the
> upper section; the choices are 'Index Properties Only', and 'Index
> Properties and File Contents' (the default option for .zumaSavedGame).
> When I try to select 'Index Properties Only', sometimes it sticks for a
> little while and sometimes it doesn't, meaning sometimes I can OK out of
> Indexing Options and restart it from control panel, and my change to
> .zumaSavedGame is still there, and sometimes it reverts to the default.
> Is this how it is supposed to work, and if not, what can I do to fix it?
>
> 4) For some extensions, like .WebAllowBlockList, the checkmark is checked,
> and I can not uncheck it. When I hover over that extension, I get a popup
> saying 'You do not have permission to change the settings for this
> extension'. I can't find any files with this extension, but Vista is
> pretty good at hiding stuff, and why have this extension in the list if
> there are no such files? Anyhow, can anyone shed light on what is
> happening here or what I can do to get permissions to change the setting
> for this extension or prove to myself that no such file exists?
>
> Thanks for any help/understanding you can give me.
>
> -Paul Randall
>