Why won't Everything index my NTFS C: drive?

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berliner6
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Why won't Everything index my NTFS C: drive?

Post by berliner6 »

My old laptop just died, and the replacement came with Windows 8, which I'm not too fond of.
I should mention that I used Everything on the old drive and couldn't live without it.

I have 3 NTFS external drives on the new laptop (one is the hard drive from the old Vista laptop), and Everything indexes them just fine.

However, Everything won't index my new C: drive, even though it is NTFS. There are no disk problems that I could find. Is Windows 8's file search getting in the way?

Thanks!
void
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Re: Why won't Everything index my NTFS C: drive?

Post by void »

Make sure Everything has administrative privileges to index C:

Administrative privileges are not required for the external drives on Windows 8.

To run Everything as administrator on Windows 8:
  • Right click the Everything shortcut.
  • Click Properties.
  • Click the Compatibility tab.
  • Check run as administrator.
  • Click OK.
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Install the latest beta with the Everything service.
berliner6
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Joined: Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:28 pm

Re: Why won't Everything index my NTFS C: drive?

Post by berliner6 »

Hey, installing the beta with the service worked!
Now there's another thing to love about Everything... responsive support!
Say hi to Mrs. Void for me.

Roy
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