How to remove "Warning: Not all drives are indexed."?

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ℹ Computer information

  • Windows build number: 20180.1000
  • PowerToys version: v0.20.0
  • PowerToy module: PowerToys Run

📝 Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)

  1. Open PowerToys Run with the hotkey assigned.
  2. Insert search query.
  3. “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

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Solution

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

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Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions:20
  • Comments:6

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17reactions
htcfreekcommented, Mar 5, 2021

Please click on Windows search pligin to show it’s options.

We have an bug that the option get lost on upgrade. #9922

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zohrlaffcommented, Feb 6, 2022

In version 0.55.1 they removed the option to disable the warning.

The option was moved under the Windows Search plugin

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