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win10, allow file contents to be indexed

14-Apr-17 7:59

Probably NSfW...[^] Laugh | :laugh:

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raddevus13-Apr-17 4:52

13-Apr-17 4:52

Just stumbled upon this feature that you can see when you :
1. Open file manager
2. right click your local drive (or any drive really)
3. choose properties
Notice the last checkbox item:
[ ] Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties
(Normally it will be selected by default)
It looks like :
http://raddev.us/images/cp/fileIndexWin10.png[^]

I turned it off today.
I don't use Microsoft file search. I would use the dir command or something.
Also if I want to find data inside a file I would us console findstr or something.

Turn Off If You Have An SSD?
I see many posts about turning this off if you have an SSD.
Does anyone have additional info on this? Any experience with it? With SSDs?
Why would people say it should be turned off for SSD -- because of too many writes to SSD and limiting it's lifespan?
Just curious about this setting as a general discussion.

Mark_Wallace13-Apr-17 5:59

Mark_Wallace

13-Apr-17 5:59

raddevus wrote:
Why would people say it should be turned off for SSD -- because of too many writes to SSD and limiting it's lifespan?

Yup.

Incessant reads and writes, when you're not doing anything, and even when you haven't changed anything.

The system drive is worst, because it's almost continually reading a writing, anyway, and it's the system drive that you want to live the longest.

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raddevus13-Apr-17 7:21

13-Apr-17 7:21

Mark_Wallace wrote:
Incessant reads and writes

Thanks. That's what I was guessing but wasn't sure.

charlieg13-Apr-17 6:01

charlieg

13-Apr-17 6:01

What Mark said, but the SSD just doesn't need the indexing help they are so d**** fast.

<blush> I have 3 SSDs in my new laptop. Just realized I needed to turn that feature off....

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Ron Anders13-Apr-17 7:14

Ron Anders

13-Apr-17 7:14

Besides indexing works when your pc is idle. So when you finally wake up from nodding off and click something you may interrupt the indexing. I'ts supposed to be waiting on you as a machine is our servant so that's a no no.

I disable MS search service and use Ulta File Search Lite (free and cool too.)

raddevus13-Apr-17 7:22

13-Apr-17 7:22

charlieg wrote:
I have 3 SSDs in my new laptop. Just realized I needed to turn that feature off....

That's a part of why I was posting too. I just upgraded to an SSD (another machine than the one shown in the image) and I need to turn it off there too.

Cornelius Henning13-Apr-17 7:39

Cornelius Henning

13-Apr-17 7:39

Thanks for posting this. You deserve an upvote. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

I have to turn it off on all the family machines. All have SSDs. Smile | :)

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raddevus13-Apr-17 8:40

13-Apr-17 8:40

Cornelius Henning wrote:
Thanks for posting this. You deserve an upvote.

Glad to help. Thanks very much.

Kirk 1038982114-Apr-17 8:26

Kirk 10389821

14-Apr-17 8:26

Hey, I use a program called EVERYTHING (voidtools)

It indexes ONLY the filenames/extensions/paths.

OMG, it indexed my music, MILLIONS of source code files, etc.

I hit a windows hot key, start typing, and it finds EVERYTHING (LOL), and supports various search options.

I dont use file indexing... But I do use grepWin. Right click a folder, grewWin, search for my strings. It even can find files MISSING a string (like an include)...

those two tools. 99.99% of my searching needs. Done...

I hope this helps someone Smile | :)

Rick York18-Apr-17 6:55

Rick York

18-Apr-17 6:55

For the same reasons described below, you can bag superfetch too.

Thought of the day

OriginalGriff13-Apr-17 4:46

13-Apr-17 4:46

Have you heard what Obama is going to do now he’s not President? He’s forming a Barock band...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

lopatir13-Apr-17 5:12

lopatir

13-Apr-17 5:12

Aw, he's even got a trump pet [^]

Sin tack
the any key okay

Kirk 1038982114-Apr-17 8:27

Kirk 10389821

14-Apr-17 8:27

and their first song is...

He Dropped a Bomb on me!

Foothill13-Apr-17 5:41

Foothill

13-Apr-17 5:41

I think you just baroque CP with that post.

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Daniel Pfeffer13-Apr-17 6:12

Daniel Pfeffer

13-Apr-17 6:12

Why, that brazen Hussein! OMG | :OMG:

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NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night

W∴ Balboos, GHB14-Apr-17 0:51

W∴ Balboos, GHB

14-Apr-17 0:51

You may rest assured that I'll make a note of it.
You coda invoked a classical soapbox-like cacophony with that phrase

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Jochen Arndt13-Apr-17 1:12

Jochen Arndt

13-Apr-17 1:12

New Night Lights Maps Open Up Possible Real-Time Applications | NASA[^]:

Quote:
Satellite images of Earth at night — often referred to as "night lights" — have been a gee-whiz curiosity for the public and a tool for fundamental research for nearly 25 years. They have provided a broad, beautiful picture, showing how humans have shaped the planet and lit up the darkness. Produced every decade or so, such maps have spawned hundreds of pop-culture uses and dozens of economic, social science and environmental research projects.

Re: NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night

OriginalGriff13-Apr-17 1:40

Re: NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night

13-Apr-17 1:40

Wow! Hasn't India got brighter in just four years! OMG | :OMG:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Jochen Arndt13-Apr-17 1:49

Jochen Arndt

13-Apr-17 1:49

So you have played around with the slider Laugh | :laugh:

Re: NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night

OriginalGriff13-Apr-17 1:55