Indexing in Win 10 vs. XYP v17.40

pat55 · Post by **pat55** » 28 Nov 2016 23:23

Indexing in latest Win 10 vs. XYP v17.40
In the M$ File Explorer (AND in XY), under Properties one can check the option: Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in
addition to file properties.

Questions:
1.
Does XY make use of this indexing?
If it does then I want to do the indexing for the working drive and perhaps my C: drive with the system files ONLY.

2.
The other three (storage) drives should NOT have the indexing IMHO.
Most are SSD's and I have a need for more speed - especially with XY.

3.
Where would these indexing files be stored? On each drive or all in the C: system drive? (file names etc.)

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Post by **highend** » 29 Nov 2016 00:13

Nope
They aren't indexed by default (at least not if you didn't move any user folders onto them)
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data (but can be configured when using the "Indexing options" from the settings / control panel

pat55 · Post by **pat55** » 29 Nov 2016 00:43

So you are suggesting that indexing is not for me and my setup - I believe.

Post by **highend** » 29 Nov 2016 00:53

I didn't suggest anything, I only answered your questions?

pat55 · Post by **pat55** » 29 Nov 2016 01:03

Re: Indexing in Win 10 vs. XYP v17.40

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Unread postby highend » 28 Nov 2016 16:53
I didn't suggest anything, I only answered your questions?
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From your answer I concluded (perhaps incorrectly) that indexing was not for my setup.

I (and I am sure many others) very much appreciate that you and others take the time to respond to those of us less skilled in the finer points of computing.
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Post by **highend** » 29 Nov 2016 01:14

XY doesn't use the Windows inbuilt indexing architecture so if the question is if you can profit from it for XY's file + content searches: No, you can't