Vista - exclude removable drives from indexing

09-18-2008

Hi all,
is there a way to generally prevent USB drives from indexing? I know how to
de/select drives and folders in the advanced properties of the indexing
settings. But what i'm missing is a general "Don't" for all possible USB
drives, USB-Sticks, CDs, DVDs. In the group policies at "Computer
Configuration/Administartive Templates/Windows Components/Search" i couldn't
find anything appropriate.

09-19-2008

Go to Control Panel, Indexing. You can specify the drives, and exclude
particular folders.

"acryl" <acryl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EAF8078F-F637-4202-A5D7-3E628436BCC1@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi all,
> is there a way to generally prevent USB drives from indexing? I know how
> to
> de/select drives and folders in the advanced properties of the indexing
> settings. But what i'm missing is a general "Don't" for all possible USB
> drives, USB-Sticks, CDs, DVDs. In the group policies at "Computer
> Configuration/Administartive Templates/Windows Components/Search" i
> couldn't
> find anything appropriate.

**telwat** · 09-19-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by acryl

Hi all,
is there a way to generally prevent USB drives from indexing? I know how to
de/select drives and folders in the advanced properties of the indexing
settings. But what i'm missing is a general "Don't" for all possible USB
drives, USB-Sticks, CDs, DVDs. In the group policies at "Computer
Configuration/Administartive Templates/Windows Components/Search" i couldn't
find anything appropriate.

You can't index USB-sticks, CDs and DVDs. For USB drives you can select it in properties.

09-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
acryl n/a posts	exclude removable drives from indexing Hi all, is there a way to generally prevent USB drives from indexing? I know how to de/select drives and folders in the advanced properties of the indexing settings. But what i'm missing is a general "Don't" for all possible USB drives, USB-Sticks, CDs, DVDs. In the group policies at "Computer Configuration/Administartive Templates/Windows Components/Search" i couldn't find anything appropriate.
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09-19-2008	#2 (permalink)
Wandering n/a posts	Re: exclude removable drives from indexing Go to Control Panel, Indexing. You can specify the drives, and exclude particular folders. "acryl" <acryl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EAF8078F-F637-4202-A5D7-3E628436BCC1@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi all, > is there a way to generally prevent USB drives from indexing? I know how > to > de/select drives and folders in the advanced properties of the indexing > settings. But what i'm missing is a general "Don't" for all possible USB > drives, USB-Sticks, CDs, DVDs. In the group policies at "Computer > Configuration/Administartive Templates/Windows Components/Search" i > couldn't > find anything appropriate.
My System Specs

09-19-2008	#3 (permalink)
telwat Vista Home Premium 32bit 44 posts	Re: exclude removable drives from indexing Quote: Originally Posted by acryl Hi all, is there a way to generally prevent USB drives from indexing? I know how to de/select drives and folders in the advanced properties of the indexing settings. But what i'm missing is a general "Don't" for all possible USB drives, USB-Sticks, CDs, DVDs. In the group policies at "Computer Configuration/Administartive Templates/Windows Components/Search" i couldn't find anything appropriate. You can't index USB-sticks, CDs and DVDs. For USB drives you can select it in properties.
My System Specs

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