Most folders already have this, but there are some cases where a folder might be missing the System permission. For a folder and its content to be indexed, it must be configured with the System permission. It might be because of the security settings for that folder. This is for windows 7, but it applies to windows 10 too: This may be of interest: permissions issues can stop search working properly. See if you can find the items in that folder via indexed search. Monitor the number of items indexed, if your CPU use is low enough, indexing should proceed. by Win key + X, Control Panel- that contains a number of files and folders. Is it pretty quick?Īdd a folder to the indexed locations (Control panel, Indexing Options) - access the control panel e.g. Search in Settings depends on sthg in Users being indexed to be responsive, else it's slow (= non-indexed search).Ī. But search there is indexed + a non-indexed search as you might expect.Ĭ. Explorer search - people sometimes don't configure explorer to point where they think it's pointing when they start searching. Cortana search (My Stuff) from the search box in the task bar (by default) only finds what's indexed.ī. I've seen people with search broken because of permissions issues, and also had to solve a problem where two dll's went missing for no clearly accountable reason that are needed for search.Ī. Hi, you may find search in Win 10 slightly confusing.