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| | Any way to add network drive to Indexed Locations? I would like to create a "Search Folder" with all files of a certain type (like Excel files) that are on my computer, and on a network computer. I can create a search that just searches the network drive (this is slow), or a search that just searches my computer, but I can't combine the two. It would be nice to add the network drive to my "Indexed Locations" but I see no way to do this, even if the network drive is mapped. The problem is, if the network drive is not "pre-indexed", the Search Folder is too slow to be of any practical use. Is this something that just can't be done in Vista? |
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| | Re: Any way to add network drive to Indexed Locations? "Tim" <twentworth@houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:uBj2w03%23GHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I would like to create a "Search Folder" with all files of a certain type >(like Excel files) that are on my computer, and on a network computer. > ... > ... > Is this something that just can't be done in Vista? > Sorry, no definite answer for you, but... 1. By default offline files are included in indexed locations so if you make a shared folder available offline, offline cache will be indexed by search engine. 2. There's an addon available [2] for WDS 3.0 on Windows XP [1] that enables it to search UNC paths so I guess same functionality should be available for Vista either in RTM or as a downloadable add-on/power toy/ultimate extra. [1] Windows Desktop Search 3.0 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en [2] Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for UNC/FAT http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en -- Alexander Suhovey |
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| | Re: Any way to add network drive to Indexed Locations? Thanks. Offline folders isn't really what I want - creating an offline folder means creating a local copy and syncing with the network original, which defeats the purpose of wanting to index the network folder. The add-on for WDS is exactly what I'm looking for - isn't it strange that XP has more functionality in this area than Vista? "Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey@gmail.com> wrote in message news:57899D0D-ADED-4167-B4C6-DE1F812BD940@microsoft.com... > > "Tim" <twentworth@houston.rr.com> wrote in message > news:uBj2w03%23GHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>I would like to create a "Search Folder" with all files of a certain type >>(like Excel files) that are on my computer, and on a network computer. >> ... >> ... >> Is this something that just can't be done in Vista? >> > > Sorry, no definite answer for you, but... > > 1. By default offline files are included in indexed locations so if you > make a shared folder available offline, offline cache will be indexed by > search engine. > > 2. There's an addon available [2] for WDS 3.0 on Windows XP [1] that > enables it to search UNC paths so I guess same functionality should be > available for Vista either in RTM or as a downloadable add-on/power > toy/ultimate extra. > > [1] Windows Desktop Search 3.0 > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en > > [2] Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for UNC/FAT > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en > > > -- > Alexander Suhovey |
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