How to reenable, "searches might be slow in non-indexed locations"

[0pTicaL]

How to reenable, "searches might be slow in non-indexed locations"

Out of curiosity, a friend of mine asked me how to reenable the "searches might be slow in non-indexed locations" message when doing a search.

Of course my first response was, why even bother with Windows Search?

But his question stumped me and I've searched high and low for a answer but came up with nothing. I tried disabling and enabling Windows Search in Services, restored defaults in Folder Options -> Search and I tried rebuilding the Index. I can't get that drop down message to return.

 

[Brink]

Hello OpTicaL,

Checking the Don't use the index when searching in file folders for system files in your Search options would probably get that message back.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/36098-search-options-change-restore.html
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Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[0pTicaL]

Tried that, no go. Gonna see if turning off Windows Search and turning it back on again under Windows Features will do the trick.

 

[Brink]

I ran across how by mistake.

If you stop or disable the Windows Search service, you will get this message again.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2495-services-start-disable.html

 

[0pTicaL]

Thanks for the reply.

I tried disabling Windows Search service before but the message says, "Your searches might be slow because the index is not running" which is different from"searches might be slow in non-indexed locations".

It's no big deal, just a stumper to solve when I'm bored.