My last comp had Win2k on, and the indexing service was an absolute must have.
I've got thousands of word documents and other files - e.g. assorted photos, many thousands of mp3s, etc.
On Win2k I could just hit Windows-F, type in a key word and BAM the files would instantly appear in the search window.
I can't get this working in XP MCE. I never get any results from the index, only the brute force search. Even using the indexing service snap-in and clicking 'unfiltered documents' in the 'query' panel, gives no results. There are hundreds of thousands of documents apparently in the index - but I never get any results, even to a blank search.
Although in Win2K it was a PITA to get working, it would at least appear to work from the management console. The XP one does nothing.
I've tried restarting the service, clearing the catalog, adding new catalogs, etc. I've tried having it ignore file types - it still doesn't work. It appears to search, the hard drive grinds and the stats go up, but no results, ever.
Any idea how to get it working?
I've got thousands of word documents and other files - e.g. assorted photos, many thousands of mp3s, etc.
On Win2k I could just hit Windows-F, type in a key word and BAM the files would instantly appear in the search window.
I can't get this working in XP MCE. I never get any results from the index, only the brute force search. Even using the indexing service snap-in and clicking 'unfiltered documents' in the 'query' panel, gives no results. There are hundreds of thousands of documents apparently in the index - but I never get any results, even to a blank search.
Although in Win2K it was a PITA to get working, it would at least appear to work from the management console. The XP one does nothing.
I've tried restarting the service, clearing the catalog, adding new catalogs, etc. I've tried having it ignore file types - it still doesn't work. It appears to search, the hard drive grinds and the stats go up, but no results, ever.
Any idea how to get it working?
