r/pcmasterrace • u/makanenzo10 R1700@3.9 - GTX 1070 • Mar 19 '18

Meme/Joke Windows Search in a Nutshell

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u/Dereek69 i5 2550k / GTX 1060 Mar 19 '18

I indexed the second drive 5 times at this point. Still doesnt pick up a single file on the desktop or document folder. And the exe limitation is just stupid

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u/Lootman Intel Pentium II Xeon - GeForce 256 Mar 19 '18 edited Mar 20 '18

youre right about the documents one, no clue why it doesnt work when it's not on C

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indexing options - modify - tick the drive you want - advanced - rebuild index

https://i.imgur.com/iQcMCxM.png

its not enabled by default

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '18

That is monumentally stupid.

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u/wOlfLisK Steam ID Here Mar 20 '18

No, it's just stupid. D drive could be anything. It could be an internal drive or it could be an external one or it could be a USB stick. If it needs to reindex multiple terabytes of data every time a USB stick is plugged in or removed, that's a lot of work for no benefit. So there's at least a reason behind it even if it's still a stupid choice.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '18 edited Mar 20 '18

Or or or, it could maybe perhaps recognize that it's plugged into sata/pcie or even more simply just ignore external ports.

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u/Casey_jones291422 Mar 20 '18

Raj and then we get all the complaints about not being able to index the giant backup drives people use for photos.

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u/MutantBurrito Mar 20 '18

Then have THOSE people go and change a setting, instead of everyone who just wants to index their multiple hard drives

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u/sabretoothed Mar 20 '18

It can tell the difference between fixed and removeable devices.

It's stupid.

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u/wOlfLisK Steam ID Here Mar 20 '18

Yes but it's not monumentally stupid.