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**pvc** · 03-03-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Keith Miller \(MVP\)

You do realize they're just 1K files, right? So if you goal is to reclaim
drive space this ain't gonna do it

Also, though I can't swear to it, I think I read that all searches are based
on the 'Everywhere' or 'Indexed Locations' searches. I'm not sure if Search
will still work if you delete these.

That being said, searches are files with a .search-ms extension. The only
catch is that 'Everywhere' and 'Indexed Locations' have their hidden &
read-only attributes set. So the following two commands will do the trick:

del *.search-ms (most of the searches)
del /ahr *.search-ms ('Everywhere' and 'Indexed Locations')

Extra Credit: Using a shortcut to Notepad in your Send To folder, open a
saved search in Notepad to view the underlying XML

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

That works great! Thanks Keith.

I am deleting these for privacy purposes and not to reclaim disk space.

My (Everywhere) search still works with these folders deleted. I use the slow search (which is fine for my purposes) because I also changed my indexing properties (for privacy purposes) to index nothing (no disk, no folders). Thanks again for your help.

03-03-2008	#6 (permalink)
pvc Vista Home Premium 64bit 39 posts	Re: Deleting Vista Search Folders Quote: Originally Posted by Keith Miller \(MVP\) You do realize they're just 1K files, right? So if you goal is to reclaim drive space this ain't gonna do it Also, though I can't swear to it, I think I read that all searches are based on the 'Everywhere' or 'Indexed Locations' searches. I'm not sure if Search will still work if you delete these. That being said, searches are files with a .search-ms extension. The only catch is that 'Everywhere' and 'Indexed Locations' have their hidden & read-only attributes set. So the following two commands will do the trick: del .search-ms (most of the searches) del /ahr .search-ms ('Everywhere' and 'Indexed Locations') Extra Credit: Using a shortcut to Notepad in your Send To folder, open a saved search in Notepad to view the underlying XML -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] That works great! Thanks Keith. I am deleting these for privacy purposes and not to reclaim disk space. My (Everywhere) search still works with these folders deleted. I use the slow search (which is fine for my purposes) because I also changed my indexing properties (for privacy purposes) to index nothing (no disk, no folders). Thanks again for your help.
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