To control how the indexer treats specific file types, open Indexing Options, and select Advanced > File Types. Change how the Indexer treats specific file types In Indexing Options, select Modify, and then select or deselect locations to index. And then select a folder to exclude.įor a more granular method to include or exclude items, open Searching Windows, and select Advanced Search Indexer Settings. To exclude whole folders from the index, select Settings > Search > Searching Windows > Add an excluded folder. You can use this approach to reduce the number of items that are indexed and to reduce the size of the index database. Let the Indexer run for up to 24 hours to rebuild the index database. To make sure that the index reflects your changes, select Settings > Search > Searching Windows > Advanced Search Indexer Settings > Advanced > Rebuild. If the Indexer tries to index beyond that limit, it may fail or cause resource problems on the computer (such as high usage of CPU, memory, or disk space). The Indexer can index up to 1 million items. For more information, go to Size of the index database. If the Indexer indexes more than 400,000 items, you may begin to see performance issues. On a power user's computer, the Indexer might index up to 300,000 items.
On a typical user's computer, the Indexer indexes fewer than 30,000 items. The primary factors that affect indexing performance are the number of items indexed and the overall size of the index. More information Tune the Indexer performance
If you observe specific error messages, go to Troubleshoot Search errors.
If you observe general poor performance when you search or when Windows builds a search index, go to Tune the Indexer performance. This article discusses common performance issues that affect Windows Search and Search indexing.
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This article provides guidelines for troubleshooting poor Windows Search performance.Īpplies to: Windows 10 – all editions Original KB number: 4558579 Summary