0

How can I search cloud drives I installed from windows search? I have iCloud + OneDrive + OneDrive business + Google Drive + Google Drive school. And I want to search all of them via windows search. Is there any option for that? Or should I use the web for each to search for my files?

For example when searching for the image on my google drive via windows search:

IMG_10237.jpg

I can't find the image even though my google drive is mounted to my laptop: https://i.sstatic.net/56b7P.jpg

I can't find the image even though my google drive is mounted to my laptop as shown in the image below: I can't find the image even though my google drive is mounted to my laptop as shown in the image below:

Improve this question
9
  • You can constrain (or not constrain) your search to All (not constrained), Documents (constrained and local) or Documents plus Web that should pick up Google documents. Documents (local) will pick up Google and One Drive that have local sync files.
    – anon
    Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 22:51
  • how to do that? I tried to attribute all the drives to indexing nothing works :(
    – fatFeather
    Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 22:54
  • Windows Search has All Documents Web ... across the top of the Search sub window. Indexing (Windows Indexing) works for local files so One Drive and Google Drive must have locally sync'd files.
    – anon
    Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 22:58
  • no this is not working for me. check the picture I just sent. imgur.com/a/QReI4Qq
    – fatFeather
    Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 23:13
  • I don't know then. I use Drop Box and search that just fine.
    – anon
    Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 23:16

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
0

Windows Indexing works with local files or files with local indexing.

With current indexing strategies in Windows, you cannot do indexed searching for your files.

Next best is to organize your cloud files and find things that way.

This is very effective. I have numerous organizations’ documents stored this way and can find things via file organization as effectively as Windows search which I also use.

Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .