{"id":19304,"date":"2014-02-13T13:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T05:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19304"},"modified":"2023-07-16T19:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T11:49:33","slug":"index-more-files-searches-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Boost Your Windows 8.1 Searches (Index More Files)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the thing that frustrates Windows 8.1 users is the fact that they are not able to search for their files using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/customize-win8-metro-tiles\/\">Metro<\/a> inbuilt search <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-8-new-features-you-will-love\/\">features<\/a>. For some reason, you can only search for files that are available on your desktop and your library, but not anywhere else. Files kept in say, \u201cD:\\notes\u201d won\u2019t turn up in the search results.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will show you <strong>how to index all your files to allow it to pop up in future search results<\/strong> ran in the Metro UI. You can select which drive to index rather than cover everything as th latter may slow down your computer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-81-tips-tricks\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 Useful Microsoft Windows 8.1 Tips & Tricks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Useful Microsoft Windows 8.1 Tips & Tricks<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/windows-81-tips-tricks.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18982 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/windows-81-tips-tricks.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 Useful Microsoft Windows 8.1 Tips & Tricks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWith the upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1, Microsoft has made several changes mainly to improve on certain...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>To Start Indexing Your files<\/h2>\n<p>Open Metro UI with the <strong>Windows key<\/strong> and search for <strong>Indexing Options<\/strong>. Open it, then click on <strong>Modify<\/strong> to open \u201cIndexed Locations\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/indexing-options.jpg\" alt=\"Click On Modify\" width=\"500\" height=\"174\"><\/figure>\n<p>In \u201cIndexed Locations\u201d, <strong>select the folder that you want to index<\/strong> so that the contents will appear in the search results. Note that the more drives you select to index, the slower your system may become. <strong>Click OK<\/strong> when you\u2019re done selecting.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/indexed-location.jpg\" alt=\"Select Folders To Be Index\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\"><\/figure>\n<p>Depending on the number of files you\u2019re indexing, it will take some time before your computer can complete the indexing process.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/indexing-complete.jpg\" alt=\"Wait For Indexing Process To Be Completed\" width=\"500\" height=\"188\"><\/figure>\n<p>Once completed you can search for your files easily through Metro search.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/search.jpg\" alt=\"Search For Your Files\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the thing that frustrates Windows 8.1 users is the fact that they are not able to search for their files using the Metro inbuilt search features. For some reason, you can only search for files that are available on your desktop and your library, but not anywhere else. Files kept in say, \u201cD:\\notes\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3397],"tags":[171,1962,1896],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Boost Your Windows 8.1 Searches (Index More Files) - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the thing that frustrates Windows 8.1 users is the fact that they are not able to search for their files using the Metro inbuilt search features.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Boost Your Windows 8.1 Searches (Index More Files)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the thing that frustrates Windows 8.1 users is the fact that they are not able to search for their files using the Metro inbuilt search features.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-13T05:01:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-16T11:49:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/index-more-files-searches-windows\/indexing-options.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nels Dzyre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nels Dzyre\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nels Dzyre\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ddeeebe9a13534fe79269d6c72397f9\"},\"headline\":\"How to Boost Your Windows 8.1 Searches (Index More Files)\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-13T05:01:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-16T11:49:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/indexing-options.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Microsoft Windows\",\"rr\",\"Windows 8\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Desktop\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/index-more-files-searches-windows\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Boost Your Windows 8.1 Searches (Index More Files) - 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