Windows 10: How can the windows search indexing ESE Windows.edb number of database pages be increased?

How can the windows search indexing ESE Windows.edb number of database pages be increased?


After my system (windows 10 version 1809, build 17763.379) has been up for a few days, indexing is still running and typically reports about 1.7 million items indexed. Not at all unreasonable for a system with lots of email and many development projects. Other than office files, all are set to properties indexing rather than content indexing. All files are local on a single 1TB SSD, i7 based 16 GB memory.


Following a system reboot, event log entry 623 is logged:
SearchIndexer (11448,D,19) Windows: The version store for this instance (0) has reached its maximum size of 128Mb. Then the search tasks log their own errors and continue using 100% of whatever core they are assigned to.


Note that the 128MB likely refers to database page count. I have tried esentutl options to validate integrity, repair and/or recovery. Either the utility dies or it logs a -1003 Jet_errInvalidParameter, Invalid API parameter)

The version store in this case is an Extensible Storage Engine using
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb

The delete index and rebuild within the indexing control panel has been used and this does delete the existing file and it starts rebuilding. After a few days, the limit is hit again. Similarly, the Search and Indexing Troubleshooter does not change the problem.

Two relavent articles are:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2016/06/14/the-version-store-called-and-theyre-all-out-of-buckets/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/974803/the-domain-controller-runs-slower-or-stops-responding-when-the-garbage

Regards, Ira

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WINDOWS 10 EDB FILE KEEPS INCREASING

Hi James,

To know the windows update that may fix your issue with .edb files, we would like to know the current specifications of computer.

To know current version and build number of your Windows 10 Computer,
follow the steps below:

• Select the
  Startbutton.
• Type
  About your PC.
• Press
  Enterto find out the version and build number of your Windows 10 PC.

Meanwhile, we could run the built-in troubleshoot tool to have a diagnostic For Search and Indexing issues.
Kindly follow the steps below:

• Type troubleshooting in the Search bar.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click Search and Indexing.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
• Check if issue persists.

If the issue persists, I suggest you to change the index location and check if the large Windows.edb file still exists, Please perform the following steps to move the file:

• Enter Indexing Options into the Search field on the Start Menu.
• Click on Indexing Options.
• Click on Advanced at the bottom.
• Click on Select New and specify a new location for your Windows.edb file.
• Click on OK and wait until Windows restarted.
• Check if issue persists.

Let us know the result after performing the troubleshooting steps and if the issue was left unresolved, kindly get
back to us with the answers to our inquiryso that we can assist you further.

 

EDB index search database file -- can I locate on a removable hard drive?

I just indexed a 2 TB USB-attached, external hard drive on my Windows 10 Enterprise laptop. The indexing was added to the *.edb file located in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications. The process increased the size of the "Windows.edb" file by
about 4 GB. There is lots of room on the external hard drive, but not much less free space on my C: drive, which is a 300GB SSD. Is there any way to put the indexing info on the drive that is being indexed? I.e. the *.edb file containing indexing info for
Drive C: would be located on Drive C:, while the indexing info for Drive D: would be located on Drive D:.

The benefits of this approach would include:

* better use of limited SSD hard drive space

* "portable" index-based searching, e.g. if I plugged the removable drive into another system

Thanks

 

Windows Experience Index Database

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Athlon 64 X2 3800+
WD Raptor 74gb 16mb cache 10k rpm
BFG 7600GT OC
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