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Re: TSVN and Windows Search incompatibility

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:43:07 +0100

On 08.01.2012 21:40, Stefan Pendl wrote:
> Am 08.01.2012 21:20, schrieb Stefan Küng:
>> On 08.01.2012 13:22, Stefan Pendl wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> There is a serious problem with Windows Search enabled for TSVN 1.7.3
>>> controlled working copies on Windows 7 x64.
>>>
>>> I have fought with unconditional crashes and BSOD (APC_INDEX_MISMATCH)
>>> until I found out that adding a folder to a library automatically adds
>>> that folder to the search index.
>>
>> BSODs only happen in case of bugs in drivers or faulty hardware. A
>> normal process can not cause a BSOD, which means neither the search
>> indexer nor TSVN could ever cause a BSOD on their own. Only if they
>> would trigger a bug in a driver or access the faulty part of your harddrive.
>>
>
> The drivers are up-to-date and I have already reinstalled the system
> three times to narrow down the problem.
> Only drivers shipping with Windows are now used, no third party drivers.
>
> The hard-drive has been checked and there was no problem found either,
> so the raise condition between TSVN and the indexer triggers a problem
> with Windows.
>
>>> After removing the svn controlled folders from the search index, the
>>> system got stable again.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to remove the working copies from the index by TSVN
>>> automatically?
>>
>> Nope, the search indexer doesn't provide any API to control it.
>>
>
> Thunderbird supports adding the messages to the search indexer, since
> they are placed in the APPDATA folder structure, which is excluded by
> default.

You only can 'add' file types for the indexer. Well, not even that
exactly: you can implement a provider COM object for the search indexer
so it knows the file type and *can* index those files.
But you can not tell the indexer where to index, or where not to index.

Stefan

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