Is the built-in Windows indexing still needed?

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terrypin
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Is the built-in Windows indexing still needed?

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This is a question that stems from my limited technical savvy about Win 10, so it's probably a daft one, but...

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horst.epp
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Re: Is the built-in Windows indexing still needed?

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The Windows indexer is very usefull for content searches
which Everything can only do slow and very limited.
So let it enabled.
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Re: Is the built-in Windows indexing still needed?

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Just to clarify, Everything does not depend on Windows indexing. You can disable Windows indexing and Everything will still function.
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