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MSN Search, Index File Location & Size Kriss 11-01-2005
Posted by Kriss on November 1, 2005, 4:51 am
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I have tried to redirect the Search Index onto a network share, and the
Index file is moved successfully, but when i try to do a search i get
the error:

'Were sorry, but windows desktop search has detected a problem with
your desktop index and cannot continue. PLease reinstall MSN search
toolbar here: http://toolbar.msn.com'

Also Is there a way to mimimise the size of the index files?

Kriss


Posted by Hilary Cotter on November 3, 2005, 11:59 am
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During indexing the index is written to a lot. So putting it on a network
share or external storage is not advisable.

You could try to compress the index files, but they are already compressed
so I doubt this will help you.

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> I have tried to redirect the Search Index onto a network share, and the
> Index file is moved successfully, but when i try to do a search i get
> the error:
>
> 'Were sorry, but windows desktop search has detected a problem with
> your desktop index and cannot continue. PLease reinstall MSN search
> toolbar here: http://toolbar.msn.com'
>
> Also Is there a way to mimimise the size of the index files?
>
> Kriss
>



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