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How to stop Windows Search from auto-excluding repository folders?

Windows search indexer is adding most paths to repository folders (both .git and .svn) to the exclusion list. I can remove them manually of course, but each time I rebuild the index - they are re-added. I can add them as indexed locations, but I'd…
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Weird looking paths get added to Windows 10 search index and break search

I am using Windows 10 Pro (1709). A few times in last weeks I have noticed that search from start menu wont find any files. Simply rebuilding the index did not fix this. Looking deeper into indexing settings I found that there was strange looking…
Madoc Comadrin
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OK to delete Windows.db file on PC?

Recently I've been having issues with my personal laptop's hard drive running out of space. After scanning my PC with WinDirStat I noticed a file named "Windows.db" (located in C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Search/Data/Applications/Windows) taking up 116…
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Windows 10 Search not working

I used WinKey + S very much on Windows 8.1. Now when I installed Windows 10 it seems to be a problem with the search indexer. It can't find anything but some 'settings' items. Things i've tried: Rebuilding the indexer Running the…
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OneNote is not indexing.

Recently switched computer at work and moved over my OneNote files. However seems I have lost the ability to search within OneNote. From what I can see Indexing Options is doing one thing right. It has the .One extension set to Index Properties and…
Matt
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How can I make Windows 10 search my settings/control panel items?

Last night I fiddled around with some settings, and now Windows 10 refuses to search my settings. If I search "Settings" it returns a result, if I search Notepad and Chrome - it works fine. But if I search "Activate" or "Update" or "Personalization"…
Jack
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Anything faster than grep?

I am looking for a tool that will be faster than grep, maybe a multi-threaded grep, or something similar... I have been looking at a bunch of indexers, but I am not sold that I need an index... I have about 100 million text files, that I need to…
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Windows 10 search indexing does not find my files

I am having problems getting the search indexing in Windows 10 to work. This have been bugging me for months, and I have searched the Internet for hours without finding an effective solution. Problem: When I click on the start button and start…
Arete
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Windows 10 does not (or only partially) search Dropbox

I'm a Dropbox user on Windows 10, with automatic updates enabled. I've got some portable software installed in a folder in my Dropbox. When I hit my Windows key and start typing, for example "winscp.exe" (a portable program in my dropbox), no…
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Visual Studio Code index files

Is it possible to let Visual Studio Code to index file content? Right now in my C code project when I want to find some declarations or calls or just search for string in content of files in the project I have to wait a long time to get results and…
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OneDrive Personal does not show up in Indexing Options after moving to C:/OneDrive in Windows 10

I moved the location of my OneDrive Personal folder from the user-specific folder to C drive. However Windows 10 was not able to search in this folder, so I thought I would add the folder manually to indexing option. But this folder is not on the…
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How do you perform a search of filenames and contents, WITHOUT using the index in Windows 10?

I need to search for an old file in a large directory. Unfortunately, the index isn't able to locate it, and I only have keywords to search for which may be in the body of the file rather than the filename. I'd like to perform a non-indexed search…
Giffyguy
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Prevent 'Searches might be slow in non-indexed locations' banner from appearing

With a fast SSD I find that Windows Search indexing is superfluous and even slows certain operations down so I have disabled it. However, when performing a search with a wide enough scope, Windows displays this banner at the top of the Explorer…
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Windows 10/11 pending files to be indexed

Is there a way to see which files are pending to be indexed? In Windows 11 settings > Privacy & Security > Searching Windows, the Indexed Status indicates the number of indexed and pending files. Every now and then, Window's indexer kicks in and…
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Why does Windows Search "Indexing Options" select the wrong drive if it's cloned?

I cloned a Windows 10 HDD to a Samsung SSD using "Samsung Data Migration Software", then installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 on the SSD. The SSD is now C: and the HDD is D:. When in Control Panel > Indexing Options > Modify, any folder I add for…
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