Note: I have posted the same question a while ago on answers.microsoft.com, where I got no reply so far
While trying to investigate issues with files not being found by the search indexer, I have noticed that there seems to be an issue with a drive missing from the search roots. Some details that might be important:
The computer has three internal drives:
- OS Drive C:, SSD, all the usual system partitions
- Data drive E:, HDD, two partitions (the other one doesn't need to be indexed)
- Data drive D:, Storage space, one partition
In
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\CrawlScopeManager\Windows\SystemIndex\SearchRoots
, the following entries are listed (note how the GUIDs seem to be the same for theD
andE
drives):defaultroot://{S-1-5-21-740414505-3273780380-2204535043-1001}/ file:///C:\[d2ba34b2-ebef-456a-a0d6-8da93b88df93]\ file:///D:\[3c8e34ff-7776-47f8-abaf-4334ed09d427]\ file:///E:\[3c8e34ff-7776-47f8-abaf-4334ed09d427]\ winrt://{S-1-5-21-740414505-3273780380-2204535043-1001}/
The indexer diagnostics tool lists
file:///C:\
andfile:///E:\
under "Search roots", which contradicts the registry keyUnder "What is being indexed?", the tool lists only paths starting with
C:\
andE:\
, where the paths starting withE:\
are onD:\
in reality. The same list for excluded paths appears in the Settings app under "Searching Windows"The "Indexing options" dialog shows both folders on
D:\
andE:\
as being indexed (when clicking on "Modify"). In the "Index these locations" view, no location fromE:\
is actually listedThe search mode is set to "Classic"
I have tried to reset the search index several times already, both via "Rebuild index" and by setting
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\SetupCompletedSuccessfully
to0
What is going on here? Why is the Indexer diagnostics tool confusing D:\
and E:\
? Why are locations from E:\
not appearing in the list of locations to index? Is there any way to add a drive to the search roots/let the indexer recreate them entirely?
Please let me know if any additional information is required