Recent content by stewartlgl

Problem solved. Indexing got worse, with it stalling and taking 2 days to index 30,000 files - something it should be able to do in an hour or so. Read that reinstalling Win 11 in "save Apps and Files" mode could fix the slow indexing problem. It has not finished indexing as I write this but...

I have seen many times the good advice to do a clean install. It is such a hassle that I have avoided it - to my detriment. I really DO appreciate all the time and effort people have devoted to helping with this problem.

the idea of going to the rtf filter seemed brilliant and should have worked. sadly, it didn't. i was able to assign the rtf filter, and it showed up on the file types tab. i the rebuilt the entire index. no luck. still appreciate the suggestion

I have been tied up for a few days and unable to respond. Thanks very much to all of you who have offered what look like great suggestions. I will give them a try and post the results.

Advanced options are enabled. The filter that is listed for point .DOC files is the Microsoft filter. This is different from the filter applicable to .docx files which are XML files and the filter is accordingly different. I tried making sure that I had the most recent Microsoft filters...

The assumption that I am using an older version of office is logical. But I am actually using a current version that utilizes the .docx format. The trouble is, I use Dragon extensively, and its utility that will transcribe from external dictation files will not save in .docx - only .doc. This...

Tried the suggestions from Glasskuter. No luck. have also tried switching from indexing contents to just names and properties and then back to both again. No luck.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will give them a try and post the result.

Since upgrading to Win 11, .doc files are apparently not being indexed. Keywords in the file names will show up, but words in the file content will not. I have done all the following things: 1. Made sure that the file type indexing option includes not only file names and properties but...