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[Run] Allow for indexing of network drives #4544

Open zbigniewzolnierowicz opened 4 years ago

zbigniewzolnierowicz commented 4 years ago

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

I store most of my media files on my SMB-attached server, it would be nice if I could search for those files via PowerToys Run. Somewhat related to #3976.

crutkas commented 4 years ago

This is more of https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/2041

Basically you need to enable indexer to search that drive.

novahreal commented 4 years ago

@crutkas Unfortunately, it seems that the "Searching Windows" section of Windows 10 settings where you actually index folders, there is no way to enable the indexer to search any network drives.
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I have many network drives mapped, but they do not show up for me to even select them to index. Since most files I would want to search are in various network drives, it renders PowerToys Run much less effective than desired.

novahreal commented 4 years ago

As I understand it, enhanced search doesn't handle mapped network drives at all. In Indexing options, it is completely impossible to add network drives which also means that #2041 didn't handle this specific issue. This is less of an issue and more of a feature request

enricogior commented 4 years ago

@novahreal have you tried to assign a drive letter to the network drive?

novahreal commented 4 years ago

@enricogior Yes, my network drives had drive letters assigned by default when I mapped them.

enricogior commented 4 years ago

@novahreal ok , so this may be something that PT cannot workaround.

novahreal commented 4 years ago

if there's no way to get around it it kinda ruins PT run as I store most files externally. Hopefully a workaround can be done!

haldi4803 commented 3 years ago

After googling for a while it seems there are two possibilities with Indexing a Network share. A: Set a Checkbox and it works. B: There is no chance it's ever gonna work.

If anyone has an update to this. I'm currently using the driver letter to find files O:\NetworkShare\Subfolder>mysearchedfile which DOES take some time and is quite a hassle to enter all the time.

ExpensiveAvocado820 commented 1 year ago

I've employed a kind of workaround: I made a new folder in '%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu' titled PT Shortcuts, then I started placing shortcuts to specific files from the network share that I knew I'd want to pull up from Run. They get indexed almost immediately. I pinned the folder to quick access so I can quickly add new shortcuts as I need them.