I’m having trouble adding network folders to windows 7 libraries (w/o making it available offline), the error says it can’t be added b/c the location it’s not indexed but that doesn’t make any sense b/c I have windows search service installed on the server (windows 2008 R2) and the share folder is indexed.
I followed this steps but it keep saying the same thing even thought all the 12.000 documents in that share drive i need are indexed. Any ideas? Thank you!!
1) On Windows 2008 R2 server, do NOT install the indexing service! It's a Server 2003 version that is not recognized by Windows 7 clients. Instead, install the "Windows Search Service" - you can only pick one or the other so make sure you select Windows Search Service - it's one of the roles under File Services.
2) The install wizard should ask you which folders/drives you want to index - choose any data drive (recommend NOT selecting the system/boot drives) that contains files you want to include in your Windows 7 library on the workstations. If you missed this during the install, you can go back to CONTROL PANEL and type "indexing" into the search box to find the indexing options and customize it there (exactly the same way you do with Windows 7).
3) As soon as the drives have been added, you can now include any locations on those drives in your Windows 7 workstation libraries (even before the server finishes indexing). You will no longer get any warnings that "some locations are not indexed"...everything works as it should!