Desktop Search and Networked Drives

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Can you setup Windows Desktop Search to index networked drives. It doesn't
seem to have an option to select them and it doesn't let you drag networked
drives into the setup window.
 
TheosXP said:
Can you setup Windows Desktop Search to index networked drives. It doesn't
seem to have an option to select them and it doesn't let you drag
networked drives into the setup window.
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As long as the network drive is mapped then you can.
 
TheosXP said:
Can you setup Windows Desktop Search to index networked drives. It doesn't
seem to have an option to select them and it doesn't let you drag
networked drives into the setup window.
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If the network drive is mapped then it should show up in the list of
locations available for indexing. If the drive is not mapped, you can still
enter a UNC but you need to click the Advanced button and enter this on the
Add UNC Location tab.
 
Tom Porterfield said:
If the network drive is mapped then it should show up in the list of
locations available for indexing. If the drive is not mapped, you can still
enter a UNC but you need to click the Advanced button and enter this on the
Add UNC Location tab.
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I have three networked drives all of which are mapped to my computer.

If I open up Desktop Search's Indexing Options and click on Modify those
networked drives do not show up.
 
TheosXP said:
I have three networked drives all of which are mapped to my computer.

If I open up Desktop Search's Indexing Options and click on Modify those
networked drives do not show up.
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Can you and them manually via UNC as I described? What version of desktop
search are you using?
 
TheosXP said:
I'm not sure what you mean when you say UNC. I'm still fairly new to
Windows. Thanks.
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When you map a drive you have to give it the UNC and the drive letter to
use. Possibly your drives get mapped for you automatically via a login
script so you are not sure what the UNC is. Open a command prompt window
and enter the following command:

net use

This will show all of your network drives. The Remote column will show the
UNC. It will be in the format \\servername\sharename.
 
Tom Porterfield said:
When you map a drive you have to give it the UNC and the drive letter to
use. Possibly your drives get mapped for you automatically via a login
script so you are not sure what the UNC is. Open a command prompt window
and enter the following command:

net use

This will show all of your network drives. The Remote column will show the
UNC. It will be in the format \\servername\sharename.
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TheosXP said:
All 3 of them show up.
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So now that you know what they are, can you add these to desktop search by
adding the UNC. To do this, go to the indexing options in desktop search
and click the Advanced button. Go to the "Add UNC Location" tab and enter
the UNCs there. Does that work?
 
FWIW,

Version 3 of Windows Desktop Search did (accidentially) leave out the
ability to search across network shares; that was corrected w/ a recent
update to version 3.01, look for it at the MS site.
 
[email protected] said:
FWIW,

Version 3 of Windows Desktop Search did (accidentially) leave out the
ability to search across network shares; that was corrected w/ a recent
update to version 3.01, look for it at the MS site.
I will have to install when I get a chance, thanks.
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Theopus,

On my desktop search feature if I click the drop down box where it says look
in:, at the very bottom there is an option to BROWSE. See if you have that
and browse to the networked drives and or use the My Network Places option.
Hope this helps!

George
 
[email protected] said:
FWIW,

Version 3 of Windows Desktop Search did (accidentially) leave out the
ability to search across network shares; that was corrected w/ a recent
update to version 3.01, look for it at the MS site.
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Thank you for your help Tom and Frodo, update to 3.01 did the trick, and now
I know how to add a UNC location!!!

You guys rock!
 
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