Folders do not display in Indexing Options / Indexing Locations

Gus

Hi,

I have been an enthusiast to desktop search technologies so I really liked
Windows Desktop Search available for XP. But I have a problem with the search
in Vista.

I have some folders created in the root of my C: drive storing relevant
business content for which indexing was important for me. However I cannot
add these folders to the indexed locations since whenever I open Indexing
Options in Control Panel and click Modify and Show all locations, these
folders are just not showing up under the node of my C: drive.

Simply to put I cannot get Vista index my C:\Work folder since there's no
Work folder displayed under my hard drive's node. The folder was created by
the same account that is used to try to get it indexed and is not a shared
folder.

The problem occurs with every folder I have created in C:, only the folders
created by Vista and by the hardware vendor are shown.

How to remedy this very bad problem, guys?

Cheers,
Gus

GregW

I solved this problem recently and thought I would cross post here for the record. It is caused by unchecking the box "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" in Windows Explorer--Organize--Folder and Search Options--View tab. More details here... http://www.experts-exchange.com/view...ared=0&cid=864