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Problems with windows search box finding indexed items
Hi
My current set up is to have Windows 7 Home Preimium installed on my 240gb SSD and pictures/videos/music stored on a larger standard drive. I used the location change tab on the relevant folders, to relocate My Documents/My Music etc to my standard drive. Everything operates great but I have noticed something odd. Even though I have all the folders on my standard drive (E:) set to index still (I switched off any indexing on my SSD as some people advise), its hit and miss if anything appears within search program and files for anything in these folders.
From much experimentation, I have discovered the following:
1. If you have My Documents etc on your main system drive, (providing its set to index) you can find anything in these folders using Search programs and files, anything in My Documents will appear categorized as Documents in Search etc.
2. If you use the location change tab to move My Documents etc to another drive, the search programs and files will no longer categorize anything stored in My Documents as Documents and will only show a few random items as 'Files'.
The issue seems tied in with the location change feature from what I can tell.
I have also come across other weird things with this feature, unless you remove My Documents etc from a library first before using the location change feature, the folder will be moved, but sometimes an empty folder will get left behind with the same name (but without the usual My Documents etc icon).
The whole indexing/relocating My Documents etc to another drive seems really bugged.
I went and replicated the same issue on another system, as far as I can tell its nothing actually wrong with my system/installation.
Just wondered if anyone else had experienced this or had any thoughts.