OK, here is some more info. It appears that Vista relies on a flag set at
the file level to determine whether that file is indexed. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...13(VS.85).aspx where it says,
"Windows Vista continues to expose a per-folder/per-file property to enable
indexing, the "For fast searching, allowing Indexing Service to index this
folder" option in the Property dialog. Setting this flag (called the FANCI
bit) controls indexing with Windows Search rather than of Indexing Service."
(PS - as I understand it, from another contributor to this thread, the
Indexing Service is the pre-Vista version of indexing and searching.)
I don't understand all of that, but if I right click on a file that does not
show up on a Vista search where it "should appear" in a search (but doesn't)
and click on Properties (General Tab) > Advanced, the box "Index this file
for faster searching" is not checked!! If I check the box, tap OK, then BE
SURE THAT I TAP "Apply" on the general tab (which again is the properties box
for the file that can't be found) and tap OK - the next time I enter a search
term in the Search box for the folder in which that file resides, that
previously un-findable file is now found!!!
Now the big mystery is why so many of my files do not have that attribute
checked, and how to do a "replace all" for everything in a folder - rather
than go through and manually fix every file.
Jim
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Jim (a.k.a. ORTNPALMS)
"Jim" wrote:
> Vista search doesn't seem to work at all on my computer. Indexing Options
> (from the Control Panel) says that 34,894 items are indexed and Indexing
> Options lists Microsoft Office Outlook, Offline Files, and Start Menu and
> Users in the Included Locations and the Exclude column shows "Default"
> Opposite Users in the Included locations. If I go to Advanced in Indexing
> Options and check various common file types like .doc and .xls they are
> marked (the box is checked) for index file names and contents. However, if I
> go to a folder that has a bunch of .xls file and type in the search box the
> start of a file name that I can plainly see in the list of files in that
> folder, the full list of files in that folder collapses to a list of one
> extraneous file that isn't at all what I'm looking for. I have just re-built
> the index and still have the sam problem. Needless to say search for file
> content doesn't work either - since I can't even search for file names.
>
> By the way, if I click on Start > Control Panel -- click on Programs --
> under Programs and features -- click on “Turn Windows features on or off" --
> the box next to “Indexing Service” is unchecked. That doesn't make sense to
> me because the Indexing Options has indexed things, -but maybe I need to
> check that box ?????
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks.
> --
> Jim (a.k.a. ORTNPALMS)
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