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Old 05-05-2008   #2 (permalink)
eyarkoni


 
 

Re: Desktop Search problem setting indexed locations


Hi ,

got exactly the same problem... hey microsoft... this is 5/5/08 -
havent you solved this Vista problem yet????

Eran


Gus;497184 Wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I am continuously given a weird problem by Desktop Search in Vista.
> Namely
> not all folders are shown under drive C: when trying to select indexed
> locations.
>
> When clicking on Modify in the Indexing Options control panel and on
> the
> Show all folders button and saying Yes for UAC prompt asking if I
> really want
> this, the Indexed Locations dialog shows my C: drive but lists only the
> folders alphabetically preceding the RRBackups folder (that may belong
> to
> Lenovo's backup software or may be the recycle bin folder of Vista). On
> another forum a guy noted a similar problem with WDS 3.1 on XP
> ('Re: List of locations to index stops at Recycle bin for local drive -
> MSDN Forums' (http://tinyurl.com/3olxr5)
> no folders were shown for him which alphabetically ranked behind
> Recycle Bin.
> I do not have a Recycle Bin but RRBackup inevitably starts with an R.
> Unfortunately my relevant folders are called Stuff and Work and
> therefore I
> do not have a chance to have anything really important indexed but my
> mails.
>
> These mentioned folders were created by the same account and are
> configured
> with the very same permissions that were used to create and configure
> folders
> starting with letters that advance R in the alphabet and that are
> displayed
> in the dialog. For example, I could index my Annex folder if I wanted
> to and
> if it were not created only for the sole reason of testing and
> confirming
> this bug.
>
> Looking for any helpful tips,
>
> Gus

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