Search Indexing (Standard 7 Package Reference)

7/8/2014

This package is a Feature Pack in the category User Interface. The name of the package as it appears on disk and for use with some command-line tools is WinEmb-Search-Indexing.

This package includes Windows Desktop Search, an older content search feature also known as Indexing Service. Although not as powerful as Windows Search and requiring significant processor resources, it does have a smaller impact on disk space. Additionally, unlike the single index created by Windows Search, Windows Desktop Search can create multiple indexes based on each search, which can provide performance benefits in some situations.

Settings

No settings provided.

Services

• Indexing Service

Dependencies

Package Dependencies

No package dependencies.

Group Dependencies

No group dependencies.

Optional Supporting Packages

No optional supporting packages.

Common Uses

Notes

On devices using File-Based Write Filter (FBWF) or Enhanced Write Filter with HORM (EWF) to protect volumes, folders, or files, any indexes created by Windows Desktop Search might not be persisted after a system restart, and therefore would have to be recreated. Due to the significant processor resources required to create indexes, you might want to use Desktop Search without indexes. To turn off indexing, stop and disable the Indexing Service in Control Panel.