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Old 03-03-2008   #8 (permalink)
Keith Miller \(MVP\)


 
 

Re: Deleting Vista Search Folders

"pvc" <pvc.35pu44@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> Keith Miller \(MVP\);633510 Wrote:
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>> del *.search-ms (most of the searches)
>> del /ahr *.search-ms ('Everywhere' and 'Indexed Locations')
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> That works great! Thanks Keith.
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> I am deleting these for privacy purposes and not to reclaim disk space.
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> 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.
>
You're welcome. Just curious: Hi-level technology secrets or salacious chat
logs/e-mail? ;-)


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Good Luck,

Keith
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