Search in hidden folders?

Rathori said:

Yes, that's the way I have my folder options set.
Hidden folders and files don't show up as search results, but non-hidden files which are located in hidden folders do, and I want them to not be shown.

Ah, I thought that you were saying that the hidden files and folders were showing up despite having your settings set like above.

As a workaround, you can just set the individual files or folders like this to be hidden using OPTION ONE in the turorial below.

Hidden Files and Folders - Vista Forums

One other thing you may want to try is to re-index the system - if these files were ever indexed, unless you manually delete them or re-index they will remain in the database.

Rathori said:

Brink said:

As a workaround, you can just set the individual files or folders like this to be hidden.

I don't want to change my visibility settings, but I hoped there is a way to keep windows search engine away from what I store in hidden folders.

Since it seems to be impossible, I'll just keep the things the way they are now.

Thanks for trying to help.

Did you read my post, and did you try it?