Rebuild Search Index in Windows 10

Brink · 22 Nov 2019

Steven Campoli said:

Is their a registry setting that remembers the folders?

I'm not aware of any easy way.

Steven Campoli · 22 Nov 2019

Ok after multiple troubleshooting. I believe it’s related to a file in system volume information in the c:\.... I had ccleaner erase these files... theirs a file called indexervolumeguid... now since I stopped cc from cleaning it it works
But I don’t wanna get my hopes up so tomorrow I’ll confirm but as of now it’s working

Brink · 22 Nov 2019

Fingers crossed.

Steven Campoli · 23 Nov 2019

Brink said:

Fingers crossed.

Incase your curious

I did research

IndexerVolumeGuid is a file used by the Windows Search service. The file contains the GUID of the current volume or partition. The search indexer, instead of just relying upon a drive-letter, uses the volume GUID for indexing.

This was causing me to lose my locations ! Good to know for anyone facing this in the future :) thanks for you help !

Brink · 23 Nov 2019

Steven Campoli said:

Incase your curious

I did research

IndexerVolumeGuid is a file used by the Windows Search service. The file contains the GUID of the current volume or partition. The search indexer, instead of just relying upon a drive-letter, uses the volume GUID for indexing.

This was causing me to lose my locations ! Good to know for anyone facing this in the future :) thanks for you help !

Good find Steven. Thank you for sharing.

What Is the “System Volume Information” Folder, and Can I Delete It?

illusion · 11 Apr 2021

Hi Shawn

Is there a way to create a batch file to add d drive in the indexing
after the Reset_and_Rebuild_Search_Index.bat ?

Thanks

Brink · 11 Apr 2021

illusion said:

Hi Shawn

Is there a way to create a batch file to add d drive in the indexing
after the Reset_and_Rebuild_Search_Index.bat ?

Thanks

Hello,

I'm not aware of a way to add index locations via command line instead of manually like below.

Add or Remove Search Index Locations in Windows 10