Indexing & number of items indexed. Is this normal ?

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  1. Mooly
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    Indexing & number of items indexed. Is this normal ?


    On all versions of W10 I notice that my number of indexed files grows daily by anything up to a few hundred.

    If I rebuild the index then the number of files indexed files falls dramatically as can be seen here. I have a suspicion it could be caused by a particular program I use but thought I would see whether other users experience the same thing. As I type this the total is still increasing even though it says indexing complete.

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  3. Mooly
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    This issue is still unresolved, at least in the sense that no explanation can be offered to explain what is happening.

    I made a YouTube video showing what happens. Does anyone else see this happen ? I noticed this behaviour on at least the last two clean installs (so Spring and Fall 2017) and also the latest 1803.

    https://youtu.be/BHpZ4vnZqIM
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  4. dalchina
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    Hi, not sure what you're experiencing.
    What appears odd in your video is that opening and closing a file appears to cause the number of items indexed to increment.
    That should not be so.

    Hazarding a guess, I'd suggest it's something to do with having changed the defaults related to 'User' in Indexing options. You could be indexing temporary files unnecessarily.

    Compare:
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    I would suggest you need to reset your Indexing Options to default and rebuild the index.

    The first of these is NOT obvious. Try
    http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...-fix-problems/

    The above registry change SetupCompletedSuccessfully = 0 causes Windows Search to clear custom indexed locations, add default locations and rebuild the index from scratch.
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  6. lx07
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    Mooly said:
    Does anyone else see this happen ?
    I do, yes (clean install of 1803, no changes to default indexing options).

    When I open and close a document it increases the number of indexed items by one.
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  7. dalchina
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    On all versions of W10 I notice that my number of indexed files grows daily by anything
    @Mooly- which versions in particular?
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  8. Mooly
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    Currently on version 1803, build 17134.81 but I experienced this on the Creators Fall edition and the Spring 2017 edition.
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  9. Mooly
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    lx07 said:
    I do, yes (clean install of 1803, no changes to default indexing options).

    When I open and close a document it increases the number of indexed items by one.
    Ah, not just me then. I also mentioned it the other day in Shawns Tutorial on indexed locations and he was seeing similar behaviour as well... but we don't know why it does it.

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  10. Mooly
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    @dalchina I have rebuilt the index in the past and it makes no difference. Indexing is at the default settings you get with a 100% clean install. I haven't altered anything. Same on previous installation, all at default settings.

    This is what happened last time I rebuilt the index and this is typical behaviour on my set up.

    Code:
    4th June... indexed items 25417

Index rebuilt:

4th June 09:00, indexed items 12434 (indexing complete)
4th June 09:30, indexed items 19946 (indexing complete)
4th June 10:00, indexed items 20010 (indexing was in progress at this point, and I then saw it change to complete after a few seconds)
4th June 12:30, indexed items 20025 (indexing complete)
4th June 13:00, indexed items 20041 (indexing complete)
4th June 14:45, indexed items 20119 (indexing complete)
6th June 08:30, indexed items 21285 (indexing complete)
    There is a massive initial jump in items indexed which I attribute to a program I use that has several thousand very small files of look up data. Once its all settled down though I see the constant incrementing each time I open a file. I also noticed it do this with .jpgs

    I'm currently on 23108 items indexed.
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  12. dalchina
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    No, not just rebuilding the index. Setting the Index Options to default was the idea. See the registry change I quoted, and read the document.

    However, if this is an 1803 bug, that's another matter in that build. I don't have 1803, and don't see this happening.
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  13. Mooly
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    Just trying the reg change now... and its surprisingly slow rebuilding the index. Been going 15 minutes now and up to 9000 items.

    (the trouble-shooter came up as all good)
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