Disclaimer: I am a Linux noob-less than that- and a networking rookie. Mercy, please! ?

 

In WinXP, I was able to use TweekUI to remap the My Documents, My Photos, etc. to network shares residing on my unRaid server. Since upgrading to Windows 7 and Windows 8, when I attempt to add the  unRaid shares to these folders, Windows rejects them because they are not "indexed".

 

I have spent several days searching these forums and the web, but I don't find an answer (at least not one I understand?). I am running unRaid v5 rc10. Is it possible to "index" the shares in unRaid?

Indexing is something that happens at the Windows level, not at the unRAID level.  It sounds as if you are going to have to find the relevant Windows setting to get this to work.

Thanks, itimpi.  I thought that seemed to be the case.  Internet searches seem to indicate that indexing of network files is no longer is a feature of Win8.

Im not a big fan of Windows 7/8 built-in indexing.  I used Locate32.  I have it set up to scan my local computer daily and everything on my servers once a week.

 

http://locate32.cogit.net/

Can Windows see the database that Locate32 creates, or is it used within its own search UI?  I think Win8 will have to see the files as indexed to let me do what I am trying to do.

Can Windows see the database that Locate32 creates, or is it used within its own search UI?  I think Win8 will have to see the files as indexed to let me do what I am trying to do.

 

Its in its own UI.  It leaves an notification icon in your toolbar and you just double-click it.  Its a million times faster than windows search too.

Assuming the issue you have is related to what this article covers then you can solve this with the free Zorn utility linked in this article

 

http://www.ghacks.net/2010/02/08/windows-7-library-tool/

 

I have my win 7 user directories on a Synology NAS and had similar issues around indexing that this tool solved

 

Hth

 

Alex

 

 

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