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  • My Search folder is only 2 GB and I have 11 PST archive files (185,000 items indexed). Outlook files are part of the Index location USERS and I cannot see how to not index just a small part of this.
    – anon
    Commented Nov 12, 2023 at 21:41
  • If all of my PSTs are indexed, I end up with well over a million items, which seems to cause problem with index stability. I thought WDS would only index PSTs that are open in Outlook (or in a folder tagged for indexing) but on my box, it seems to be indexing them no matter what I do.
    – Adam J. Kessel
    Commented Nov 13, 2023 at 1:50
  • In Search Index locations, Outlook is separate from Users. You could exclude Outlook and search manually in Outlook.
    – anon
    Commented Nov 13, 2023 at 1:53
  • I still want to use WDS to search PSTs that are open in Outlook, just exclude the ones that are not. Searching Outlook without indexing is very slow.
    – Adam J. Kessel
    Commented Nov 13, 2023 at 12:42
  • Try to modify the indexing options in the Control Panel. You can do this by searching and opening Control Panel in Windows search bar, clicking on Modify, unchecking Microsoft application/Outlook and clicking on OK. This will stop Windows Search from indexing any Outlook data, including PSTs.
    – Faery
    Commented Nov 17, 2023 at 9:17