I keep all my pictures on my unraid server but I would like to have the photo folder included in my windows 7 library. It won't let me add the location to the library stating

"This network location can't be included because it is not indexed."

Does anyone have any ideas on how to make this work?

Smitty

There's a program out there that lets you add any directory you want into your library. It was linked on these forums, but I can't find it right now. I think it might have been this tool: http://lifehacker.com/5435534/win7-library-tool-gives-you-complete-control-over-media-libraries

 

There's also a way of tricking Win7 into letting you add the directory if you use symlinks. For instance I have a symlink from C:\Mount\Media to \\Tower\Media. I have my TV shows in \\Tower\Media\TV. I'm able to add C:\Mount\Media\TV to my Win7 Library for TV Shows -- navigate into C:\Mount\Media\, select "TV", right click and select "Include in library".

 

mkdir C:\Mount
cd C:\Mount
mklink /D Media \\Tower\Media

Thanks! The tool linked from Lifehacker indeed worked perfectly!