Windows 10: Rebuild index under Windows 10 pro without user logon

Recently, after I upgraded from Windows 10 build 1709 to build 1803 (using Windows upgrade Assistant), I found there seems to be some kind of index corruption (from around 200,000 items to 13,000 items). The majority of the items comes from the Outlook mails (OST files).


The solution is to rebuild the index. But due to such large number of items, it normally take 3 ~ 4 hours to complete the rebuild.


My question is: To minimize the user impact, I would upgrade the Windows after work and then perform the index rebuild afterwards. But to my experience, it requires user to logon first (the system will take extra time to re-configure the user's profile the first time the user logon after the O/S upgrade) before the rebuild can be done. I tried logon as local administrator and rebuild the index immediately after the upgrade, but the rebuild not include the OST files stored under the user profile.


I do NOT want to ask user to stay after work until the O/S upgrade finish, which normally takes 30 ~ 35 minutes (depending on the speed of the desktop).

:)

 

Windows 10 Windows Search / Indexing Stops Completing

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps

• Press Windows key + R.
• Type Services.msc In the search box.
• Select Windows Search
• Restart the services and set the service as Automatic

If the issue persist try performing Rebuilding Index again.

To rebuild the index follow the steps below:

• Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.
• Open Indexing Options in the Control Panel.
  
• Select the Advanced button in the Indexing Options window.
• Select Rebuild in the Troubleshooting section of the Advanced Options window.
• Select OK when it asks if you’re sure you want to re-build the search index.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Rebuild Search Index in Windows 10


Hi Shawn, I've not found how to reset Indexing Options to default in the tutorials- may have missed it. This seems comparatively obscure, and is a question asked a number of times when I looked generally on the internet.

I found this:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...-fix-problems/

- in particular

I've not tried it personally as I don't wish to do that- suppose I could on a dummy user account!

Suggest it could be worth adding to the tutorial if valid.

 

Indexing off and cannot get it back on

Hi,

Thank you for posting your response.

We appreciate the time and effort that you have invested in to fix the issue. I would suggest that you return the settings back to
Local System Account from This Account under
Log on tab and perform the steps below.

• Rebuild the Windows Search Index and check. Refer to these steps. This can be used if you are able to go through the
  Indexing Options in Control Panel.
• On the search bar type Indexing Options and click on it.
• Click the Advanced button at the bottom of the
  Indexing Options window. This displays a new window titled Advanced Options.
• Click the Index Settings tab if it isn’t selected already.
• Click the Rebuild button to delete and rebuild the file index.
• Click OK to confirm.

Hope this helps