Terry Pinnell wrote:

As you probably guessed, this line of enquiry was prompted by the
opening instructions in your last post in our discussion about your
novel (albeit horrendously complex!) approach to sorting files on AR.
But, if I do plough ahead with that, presumably I do NOT need to make my
entire D: drive indexable? My source images are within 'Pictures',
specifically at
D:\Pictures\Misc-Graphics\Test - Various AR (100) - Copy

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Well, of course you have control of it.

You can use the Indexing control panel, modify
the areas searched, add D: drive but only
check the D:\Pictures section if you want.
The ability to exclude things works.

I think there is also a global file extension setting,
but removing file types from there isn't really
a good idea. Instead, as you're planning on doing,
just limit the areas of disks that will be indexed,
to reduce the noise level.

I generally index my entire C: on at least one
installation. On VMs (for performance reasons),
I virtually eliminate indexing using all
available settings. VMs have poor I/O characteristics,
and having an indexer running from in there would
be intolerable.

Paul