Windows 10: Not indexing- only photos taken with Canon camera in Landscape orientation-excluded from Index

I noticed this weird problem with the Search function. I wanted a photo I KNEW I had, that had "Craig" in the title. Search did not find it. I knew the year, so was able to find it manually. While in the folder with the target "Craig" file, I searched "Craig" and Search returned zero results. There were actually 3 files with "Craig" in the name and Search found none of those.


None of these actions fixed the problem: rebuilt index with default settings, rebuilt index with jpg properties set to search file contents, copy/paste file, gave file a shorter name, searched for Property differences between unfindable and findable photos found nothing obvious.


I turned indexing off, and Search found the "Craig" file just fine, but of course this is terribly slow for large searches.


So these particular files are not being indexed. I am trying to figure out why they are being excluded from the index.


In exploring other folders of photos, I noticed a strange pattern. ******So far, Search can find all photos EXCEPT those in Landscape orientation taken with my old Canon digital camera. ****** If they are Portrait orientation or taken with a different camera, Search finds them just fine.


I do not know if this is true for each and every photo as I do not have that much time to manually test this, but definitely for at least about hundred photos it is true.


I used to use Picasa from google to process my photos and did see a shadowy picasa.ini in one of the folders. I now use the standard MS Photos app. Could picasa have left something behind in the files to make them unIndexable? If so, how can I easily fix it?


Does anyone have any idea how to fix this problem? Hopefully in a fast, batch way. Manual searching is for the birds! :-

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Windows indexing is not excluding folders that are excluded

Hello,

My Windows start menu Windows search is showing results from the AppData folder despite the AppData folder being set as an excluded folder. My Windows 10 "Searching Windows" setting is set to classic and the excluded folder is clearly shown on the list.
The issue persists ever after rebuilding the index. How can I fix this?

 

Folder Indexing

In Windows 8.1 how can I keep indexing of a specific folder from resetting to indexing after I go into properties and turn off indexing?

I have a folder that is used for downloading photos and other items, but mostly photos. The folder is excluded from indexing under the normal system indexing built/rebuild. I appears that whenever I shutdown the computer and then boot it the next day,
the folder resets to indexing. I am using the Admin account to change the properties.

 

Indexing is not working

Hi Doc,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

This issue may occur due to corrupt Windows search files or settings. I suggest you to follow the below method and check if it helps.

Method 1: I would suggest you to run search and indexing troubleshooter
and check. Please follow these steps:

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  Type troubleshooting in the search box on taskbar.
  
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  Click troubleshooting in the search results.
  
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  Click "View all" and then click "Search and Indexing".
  
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  Click "Next" and follow on-screen instructions.
  

Method 2: Check if Indexing and Windows Search services are enabled. If not, enable them, if they are already enabled, then disable Windows Search Service and then enable again and restart.

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  Press Windows key + R.
  
• 
  Type services in the run box, go to the Windows search services and restart them.
  

Hope it helps.