Microsoft is releasing a new app that is intended to help users with diagnosing and resolving Windows Search issues. The app is able to inspect the search index database, its usage statistics, and other details. Continue reading "Microsoft Releases Indexer Diagnostics App for Windows Search"
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Turn On or Off Search Indexer Respect Device Power Mode Settings
How to Turn On or Off Respect Device Power Mode Settings for Search Indexer in Windows 10
Windows 10 build 18965 introduces a new option for the search indexer that allows it to respect device power mode settings. This new settings changes the indexer performance. Continue reading "Turn On or Off Search Indexer Respect Device Power Mode Settings"
Index Encrypted Files in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with the ability to index your files so the Start Menu, File Explorer, and Cortana can search them faster. Indexing runs in the background without trying to affect your PC's performance. Today, we will see how enable or disable indexing for encrypted files on your computer.
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Add or Remove Excluded Folders For Search Indexer in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with the ability to index your files so the Start Menu, File Explorer, and Cortana can search them faster. Indexing runs in the background without trying to affect your PC's performance. Starting in Windows 10 build 18267, the operating system offers a new method to manage the folders included in the search index.
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Turn On or Off Enhanced Mode for Search Indexer in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with the ability to index your files so the Start Menu, File Explorer, and Cortana can search them faster. Indexing runs in the background without trying to affect your PC's performance. Starting in Windows 10 build 18267, you can enable a new option for the search indexing, called 'Enhanced Mode'.
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Index File Contents on a Drive in Windows 10
Along with file system meta data, Windows can include the file contents and extra file properties. This makes the search index large and slower, but more efficient if you often search for file contents. In our previous article, we saw how to enable this behavior for certain file types. Today, we will see how to enable it for a drive in Windows 10.
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Disable Search Indexing When On Battery in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with the ability to index your files so the Start Menu can search them faster. Indexing runs in the background without trying to affect your PC's performance. In this article, we will see how to disable the Search Indexing feature when on battery. This can save battery power quite a bit.
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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Comes with Improved Search Indexing
As you may already know, Windows 10 comes with the ability to index your files so the Start Menu and File Explorer can search them faster. Indexing runs in the background without trying to affect your PC's performance. With Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, improvements made to the Start menu's search algorithm make the OS search, that is, Cortana, track and index file system changes almost instantly.
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Change Search Index Location in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with the ability to index your files so the Start Menu can search them faster. Indexing runs in the background without trying to affect your PC's performance. In this article, we will see how to change the search index location in Windows 10. This can be useful if you have an SSD and want to reduce its write cycles.
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Disable Search Indexing in Windows 10
In this article, we will see how to disable the Search Indexing feature in Windows 10. It can be useful, if you have a fast SSD drive. Search results will always be up to date, because the OS won't use the search index database. Here is how it can be done.