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Disable / Turn Off Windows 7 Search Prompt / Warning Banner About Indexing

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20263368 views
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Problem

Whenever a search is performed in Windows 7 on a folder that is not indexed, Windows throws up a banner at the top of the Explorer window (below the address bar) blabbing about Indexing and asking you to turn it on and index the folder: After the thousandth or so time, that warning/prompt/banner fl…

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Fix for: Disable / Turn Off Windows 7 Search Prompt / Warning Banner About Indexing

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Same annoying problem. I found this and it works! Go to: Control Panel > Folder Options > Search (tab) And check: Don't use the index when searching in file folders for system files (searches might take longer) http://www.sevenforums.com/general-dis…

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