Re: Excluding .svn folders from Vista search

Carl-Alexandre Malartre wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please CC me <malartre_at_gmail.com> because I do not receive this list.
>
> I'm following the steps found on:
> http://tortoisesvn.net/report_a_bug
>
> Windows Vista currently index .svn files and it's content.
>
> For exemple, if I search for "Design" in one of my folders, I will find these
> files:
>
> Design - Accueil - Vue d'un élève.jpg
> Design - Accueil - Vue d'un élève.jpg.svn-base in prop-base
> Design - Accueil - Vue d'un élève.jpg.svn-base in text-base
>
> On a big folder, this can be really annoying.
>
> I did not find how to automatically exclude a file extension from Vista's
> indexing engine.

You can specify to exclude hidden/system folders from showing up in the
search results.
And you can exclude the contents of hidden/system folders from getting
indexed (which should be the default anyway...)

If that doesn't help, try this:
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=407417

(or even better: install Google Desktop Search and remove the Vista
indexing service)

> A possible fix: I can right-click on a folder, go into it's Properties, in the
> General tab, click on Advance button and click "Index this folder for a quick
> search" (rough translation from my French Windows).
> Maybe this could be automated?

No, that can't be automated.

Stefan

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