Windows 10: Search indexer path cut off in UI, where can i see it?

So i'm trying to refine my windows search indexer settings, which began with a rebuild. Apparently windows has a funny inefficient way of omitting paths on its own. If you remove an exclusion and re-index, if windows doesnt like it, it just gets added back.

Things like the git folder, or the vsc source folder. Instead of omitting the root folder "aka git, or source" it omits all subfolders separately and creates this absurdly huge list of exclusions. Nearly as bad as trying to keep the Environment PATH's in some kind of order.

Anyhow, it appears its wanting to exclude a path in my dropbox folder thats longer than it will show which results in path/to/item/is/too/long/.......

I cant see what comes after a certain point so I dont know whether I can live with the exclusion or I can cull it or what. i tried the old x86 ui but it shows as nothing from that path being omitted so i cant figure it out.

Does an area of the registry exist that shows these paths? I know one exists for defender exclusions, but what about search indexer? (or any other way i can see what this full path is)

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nevermind, i found out how to see the path's, or at least i have a general idea what its doing.

Any folder that is a repository (svn or git) its apparently auto excluding. I get the idea, as these are constantly changing in most cases. In mine, they are not. I'd love to have them included as im the only one who works out of them, and as such when its updated or changes i dont mind indexer updating itself.

if i rebuild the index, having to re-do these every time is taxing so i want to change the behavior at the source if possible.

I looked at the list of file types in advanced options, i dont see git or svn in the list - checked or unchecked. simply not there.

Is this part of the problem? I would think it not being there would lead to the exclusion of a file with that extension, not the entire folder still.

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hmm, seems the idea only partially holds weight. I have "less" of an idea what its doing. Its not a blanket omission, as it doesnt auto exclude my C:\msys\home subfolders which certainly have some repositories in there.

either way, what are my options to get on the other side of this. removing or changing the exclusions list is fine and dandy, until a rebuild is done. then everything i changed is undone, unless i find out how to alter this part of its behavior.

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hmm, more progress. appears this may have to do with the .git or .svn folders being marked as hidden, but only in some paths i guess. (perhaps depends on how the repo was added)

anyhow, outside of going around and unhiding them all (which i imagine would have to be done every time i add a new repo ugh) what are my choices. I imagine I could set the indexer to index hidden files somehow, but that would leave it indexing ALL hidden files from other paths and thats probably not ideal.

can i make it not exclude folders with .git or .svn folders that are hidden?

ugh

:)

 

Windows 10 indexing / search

Hi Erik,

System conflict is one of the possible reasons why the index built will not function properly. We suggest running the Search and Indexing troubleshooter by following these steps to resolve your issue:

• Open Control Panel.
• In the search box, type troubleshooting.
• Click on Troubleshooting.
• Click on View all.
• Select Search and Indexing and select the proper scenario that you are experiencing on indexing and click
  Next for the troubleshooting to begin.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide you further assistance.

 

Search - Indexing not running

Hello,

One of the possible reasons why you're having issues when using search is because of a corrupted user profile. For us to assist you, we suggest that you create another account with administrator privileges and try to use the search feature again. Here's an
article that you can visit to see how to do it:
Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10.

If the issue persists, we suggest that you perform the steps listed below to correct the settings of your Indexed folder:

• Press the Start button.
• Type %LocalAppData%.
• Select Packages.
• Click on windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy.
• Choose LocalState.
• Right-click the Indexed folder.
• Click Properties.
• Click Advanced.
• Click the checkbox beside Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed in addition to file properties so that a check mark appears.
• Click OK.
• Click Apply.
• Click OK. A window with a progress bar will pop up as the folder is indexed.
• Click OK when the indexing progress is finished.

After doing the steps provided, kindly try to use the search feature again.

Kindly update us with the results and if you need further assistance, feel free to post back.

 

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