How does the Windows Desktop Search index update work?

[Peter Frank]

Hi,

I recently installed the Windows Desktop Search add-on (without the MSN
Search Toolbar) into my Windows XP operating system.

I have a huge amount of documents, which is why indexing all of them
will take quite a while. Let's say I have performed a complete initial
indexing of all documents. Then, what happens when new documents are
added and when existing documents are deleted or moved?

Will the new documents be indexed immediately by Windows Desktop Search
and will the index be automatically updated for deleted and moved
documents?

Also, I couldn't find a list of what file types Windows Desktop Search
supports. I am sure all Office formats are supported and I could see
that PDF is supported, too.

Another thing: Is it possible to create several indices for one user?
As I said before, I have very many documents distributed on different
partitions and this creates one huge index. It would be nice if I could
split up the indices so that each index only covers certain locations.
Then, an option to enable and disable indices would be useful so that
the most needed indices can be enabled all the time, whereas the less
needed indices can be enabled only when required.

Peter

 

[Peter Frank]

Also, I couldn't find a list of what file types Windows Desktop Search
supports. I am sure all Office formats are supported and I could see
that PDF is supported, too.

This issue has been solved. I found the list in the Windows Desktop
Search help.

Peter