How to remove "Warning: Not all drives are indexed."?
See original GitHub issueℹ Computer information
- Windows build number:
20180.1000 - PowerToys version:
v0.20.0 - PowerToy module: PowerToys Run
📝 Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)
- Open PowerToys Run with the hotkey assigned.
- Insert search query.
- “Warning: Not all drives are indexed.” appears.
✔️ Expected result
Add an option to remove the warning because I don’t really want all drives indexed.
❌ Actual result
No option to remove the warning.
📷 Screenshots

Solution
My bad, there is an option to disable the warning on the PowerToys Module settings.

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- Created 3 years ago
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