Doesn't appear to index NAS

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brandonx76
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Doesn't appear to index NAS

Post by brandonx76 »

Hi -

Trying to run an index on my NAS. I added the path per the instructions here: https://www.voidtools.com/support/every ... _indexing/

It's been running for about 20 minutes and nothing is coming up, although I believe it's trying to run something

Compared to the initial startup where it searched my local hard drives very quickly, its taking much longer.

Am I missing something?

Any information appreciated.

Thank you
NotNull
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Re: Doesn't appear to index NAS

Post by NotNull »

Are you running Everything as administrator?
Drive-mappings are per-user so your administrator account might be unable to access your NAS share(s).


Please make sure Everything is installed correctly and running as a standard user:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the General tab on the left.
  • Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
  • Uncheck Run as administrator.
  • Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
  • Click OK.
  • Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
  • Restart Everything.



As mentioned in the link you added, Folder indexing might take a while:
Why is indexing so slow?

Folder indexing uses the same approach as the Windows search.

This can be a lot slower than NTFS indexing.

Everything can take a couple minutes to scan a folder and all its subfolders and files.
brandonx76
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Joined: Sat Feb 25, 2023 5:32 pm

Re: Doesn't appear to index NAS

Post by brandonx76 »

NotNull wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:22 pm
Folder indexing uses the same approach as the Windows search.

This can be a lot slower than NTFS indexing.

Everything can take a couple minutes to scan a folder and all its subfolders and files.

This...it was doing the work but took a while to complete / display results. All good. Thanks for response! Great app!
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