Index files but keep them out of search?


  1. ExLt
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    Index files but keep them out of search?


    This may be impossible, but I was wondering if files/folders could remain in the index (to retain the ability to sort them) but not show up in the windows search. If not, I don't mind as this was just a random thought.
    Last edited by ExLt; 25 Nov 2010 at 16:51. Reason: typo correction
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  3. James Colbert
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    ExLt said:
    This may be impossible, but I was wondering if files/folders could remain in the index (to retain the ability to sort them) but not show up in the windows search.
    In my experience, there's not much danger of that, indexed or not.
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  4. FliGi7
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    I'm a little lost on the sorting as related to indexing. You can sort files, regardless of whether they're indexed or not.
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