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kubilayelmas
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Hi folks,
After upgrading my old Windows 7 Enterprise X64 to Windows 10 Enterprise (LTSB), I lost the ability to search the network drives. With my old Windows 7 setup, I was able to include shared folders in my "Libraries", and this would automatically "index" all those shared folders, files and even the contents of files. It would take seconds to find what I am looking for in thousands of files.
After upgrading to Windows 10, we lost that feature. I am very disappointed the way that Explorer is designed in Windows 10. The search function is only looking for local files and the internet!
Here is what I've done so far;
- Make sure that "Windows Search" service is running and the indexing is functional.
- Enable "Libraries" in Windows 10. (As they decided to disable it by default! Why?? It was a beautiful technology and now we need to use "favorites" ??)
- Make sure that the source of shared folders (file servers) are all indexed properly.
- Add shared folders under "libraries"
- Reset/rebuild indexing
I am out of ideas and this is really a big deal for my day to day tasks. I don't want to install another 3rd party search tool on my workstation & I don't want to go back to Windows 7.
I admit it, even tough it's not at a level that I thought it would be, Windows 10 makes a great operating system.
Thanks in advance to all.
Kubilay Elmas MCITP (Enterprise Desktop Administrator Windows 7)
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After upgrading my old Windows 7 Enterprise X64 to Windows 10 Enterprise (LTSB), I lost the ability to search the network drives. With my old Windows 7 setup, I was able to include shared folders in my "Libraries", and this would automatically "index" all those shared folders, files and even the contents of files. It would take seconds to find what I am looking for in thousands of files.
After upgrading to Windows 10, we lost that feature. I am very disappointed the way that Explorer is designed in Windows 10. The search function is only looking for local files and the internet!
Here is what I've done so far;
- Make sure that "Windows Search" service is running and the indexing is functional.
- Enable "Libraries" in Windows 10. (As they decided to disable it by default! Why?? It was a beautiful technology and now we need to use "favorites" ??)
- Make sure that the source of shared folders (file servers) are all indexed properly.
- Add shared folders under "libraries"
- Reset/rebuild indexing
I am out of ideas and this is really a big deal for my day to day tasks. I don't want to install another 3rd party search tool on my workstation & I don't want to go back to Windows 7.
I admit it, even tough it's not at a level that I thought it would be, Windows 10 makes a great operating system.
Thanks in advance to all.
Kubilay Elmas MCITP (Enterprise Desktop Administrator Windows 7)
More...
