Change Search Index Location in Windows 10  

kitpzyxmsir said:

Can a thumb drive be used as a index file location?

I'm afraid not. It needs to be an internal fixed drive.

Brink said:

I'm afraid not. It needs to be an internal fixed drive.

Thanks

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Brink said:

You could try.

It worked. As soon as the re-rebuild began, the encrypted partition appeared on the list of indexed locations.

Thanks again!

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Is the original index file still on my OS partition? Can I delete it?

kitpzyxmsir said:

Thanks

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It worked. As soon as the re-rebuild began, the encrypted partition appeared on the list of indexed locations.

Thanks again!

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Is the original index file still on my OS partition? Can I delete it?

Great news.

Normally, any old index locations would get deleted, but you can check and delete it if so.

Default:
%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Search\Data