Indexing Service and Access Files

[Lyle Fairfield]

By default mdb etc files are not searched by Indexing Service.

The default can be changed in Windows XP Pro using Group Policy.
I can find no suggested way to make the change in the Windows XO Home.

I decided to try adding this Registry Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Po licies\Microsof t\Windows\NetCa che]
"ExcludeExtensi ons"=""
"SyncAtLogon"=d word:00000001
"SyncAtLogoff"= dword:00000001
"Enabled"=dword :00000001

I cannot report on the success of this gambit until Indexing Service has
a chance to work. (Yes, I rebooted).

I specifically recommend that you DO NOT fool with this Registry Setting
unless you know what you are doing and are willing to accept the risk .

Do you have any suggestions about other ways of solving this problem?
(The problem is NOT about searching MDB files; it is about using
Indexing Service to search MDB files.)

Do you think Indexing Service will be able to recognize and deal with
the Unicode it finds in mdb files?

Do you have any other comments?

Does your Desktop search Utility search JET files?

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Lyle Fairfield

[Wayne Morgan]

No, Home Edition won't do the off-line file synchronization . I tied looking
for text I know to be in mdb files, unsecured and unencrypted mdb files, and
the mdb files weren't returned as possible results of the search. However, I
have not tried to tell the indexing service to index mdb files unless, as
you mentioned, the registry key you listed controls that as well as the
off-line file synch.

--
Wayne Morgan
MS Access MVP
"Lyle Fairfield" <ly***********@ aim.com> wrote in message
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Could you confirm?

Is your laptop OS Windows XP Home?

Does your Indexing Service catalog your mdb files completely, that is,
including data in tables? If you have Northwind on the machine will it be
identified by a search for the phrase, "Hungry Owl All-Night Grocers"?