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Thursday 1 November 2012

lusrmgr.msc to add or remove file types / extensions from the Windows 7 index


Ll_advanced Options File Types_preview 150PxThe Windows 7 index makes your searches faster by caching paths, but in some cases you may want to remove certain file types from this index to pre-filter your search results. You can do this via lusrmgr.msc  - more below

1.Execute Run, type Control Panel and press Enter

Control Panel in Run
2. Click Indexing Options
Indexing options
3. Click Advanced
Click Advanced button in Indexing Options
4. Click on File Types tab and check/uncheck any and all file extensions that you want to index. Moreover if you are unable to find any specific file extension, add it by entering the extension and pressing Add. For example, doc and click on Add
Advanced Options
1. Execute Run and type lusrmgr.msc and press Enter.
Type Lusrmgr.msc in Run and press OK
2. Now in the left pane, click Users and then right click Administrator in the right pane
Right click administrator
3. Uncheck Account is disabled. This way you would be able to enable the admin account.
Uncheck Account is disabled and then click OK

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