Index files on Network Drives for Searching

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Colin

Is there a way to index files on network drives/folders for faster
searching? My Documents folder is on a network drive (always available via
Offline files), and I can't even search it without going into Advanced
Search and checking Include non-indexed... files.

That doesn't seem right, especially since it's stored locally via Offline
Files. Am I doing something wrong? If no, is there a way to get it to index
certain critical network or offline folders?

Thanks,
Colin
 
I think I found an answer:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d9-5a3b-4872-a07e-220761e27283&displaylang=en

That both let me index offline files accessed as Mapped network drives and
any other UNC (network folder location) to which I have access.

Having said that, at least so far, it doesn't appear to actually work for
searches. They still turn up no results unless I go into Advanced Search and
tell it to search non-indexed files (same as before). Perhaps the indexing
hasn't finished. I'll give it some time and try to report back later.

- Colin
 
It took about several hours of indexing (about 6), but eventually it seemed
to work as expected.

Hope this helps others.

- Colin
 
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