Is there a way to index files on network drives/folders for faster
searching? My Documents folder is on a network drive (always available via
Offline files), and I can't even search it without going into Advanced
Search and checking Include non-indexed... files.

That doesn't seem right, especially since it's stored locally via Offline
Files. Am I doing something wrong? If no, is there a way to get it to index
certain critical network or offline folders?

Thanks,
Colin

I think I found an answer:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

That both let me index offline files accessed as Mapped network drives and
any other UNC (network folder location) to which I have access.

Having said that, at least so far, it doesn't appear to actually work for
searches. They still turn up no results unless I go into Advanced Search and
tell it to search non-indexed files (same as before). Perhaps the indexing
hasn't finished. I'll give it some time and try to report back later.

- Colin


"Colin" wrote in message
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Is there a way to index files on network drives/folders for faster
searching? My Documents folder is on a network drive (always available via
Offline files), and I can't even search it without going into Advanced
Search and checking Include non-indexed... files.

That doesn't seem right, especially since it's stored locally via Offline
Files. Am I doing something wrong? If no, is there a way to get it to
index certain critical network or offline folders?

Thanks,
Colin

Thank you for the tip.

--
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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"Colin" wrote in message
...
I think I found an answer:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

That both let me index offline files accessed as Mapped network drives and
any other UNC (network folder location) to which I have access.

Having said that, at least so far, it doesn't appear to actually work for
searches. They still turn up no results unless I go into Advanced Search
and tell it to search non-indexed files (same as before). Perhaps the
indexing hasn't finished. I'll give it some time and try to report back
later.

- Colin


"Colin" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to index files on network drives/folders for faster
searching? My Documents folder is on a network drive (always available
via Offline files), and I can't even search it without going into
Advanced Search and checking Include non-indexed... files.

That doesn't seem right, especially since it's stored locally via Offline
Files. Am I doing something wrong? If no, is there a way to get it to
index certain critical network or offline folders?

Thanks,
Colin

It took about several hours of indexing (about 6), but eventually it seemed
to work as expected.

Hope this helps others.

- Colin


"Colin" wrote in message
...
I think I found an answer:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

That both let me index offline files accessed as Mapped network drives and
any other UNC (network folder location) to which I have access.

Having said that, at least so far, it doesn't appear to actually work for
searches. They still turn up no results unless I go into Advanced Search
and tell it to search non-indexed files (same as before). Perhaps the
indexing hasn't finished. I'll give it some time and try to report back
later.

- Colin


"Colin" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to index files on network drives/folders for faster
searching? My Documents folder is on a network drive (always available
via Offline files), and I can't even search it without going into
Advanced Search and checking Include non-indexed... files.

That doesn't seem right, especially since it's stored locally via Offline
Files. Am I doing something wrong? If no, is there a way to get it to
index certain critical network or offline folders?

Thanks,
Colin