Windows 10: How to avoid permanent search in a folder containing video

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  1. PAVEL_47
    Pavel_47 Win User

    How to avoid permanent search in a folder containing video


    Hello,I observe a rather annoying activity in a folder, containing video files: when the contents of this folder change, a search engine kicks in, blocking access to the files for 2 ... 3min.I unchecked indexing of content in that folder, so something other works in the background.What exactly ?How avoid this annoying activity ?Thanks.

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    Pavel_47, Nov 7, 2021
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  2. ENSO
    enso Win User

    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.
    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

    Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.
     
    enso, Nov 7, 2021
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  3. PJFARR
    pjfarr Win User
    Search syntax for "folders containing specific file types" ??

    Thanks Lance. Most of that I know already. I was asking for syntax to specifically find folders containing a certain file type i.e. photos.

    For instance a search string that would in effect request: "List all folders on drive D containing photos" or "List all folders on drive D containing videos" and have just the folders containing those files, not the files themselves, listed in the results.
     
    pjfarr, Nov 7, 2021
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  4. MARKMCDONOUGH45
    MarkMcDonough45 Win User

    How to avoid permanent search in a folder containing video

    Windows 10 search for a specific folder name and file name

    Carlos: Thanks for your reply. What you suggest is what I have been doing. I search for folders with a specific name and get a list. Then I have to search each folder for a specific file. So it's a two step search and that's what I was trying to avoid.

    I assume there are applications out there that allow for an "AND" search in Windows. I'll try that approach.

    Thanks, again.
     
    MarkMcDonough45, Nov 7, 2021
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