rebuild search index

How do I rebuild the search index in Windows XP? I downloaded Windows Desktop
Search, but searches are incomplete. I read that rebuilding the search index
would eliminate this issue.

I was unable to use the following instructions:
--> Control Panel
--> System and Maintenance
--> Indexing Options
--> Advanced
--> Rebuild
because I don't have a "System and Maintenance" category when I click on
Control Panel -- and yes, I am looking at it in Category view, not Classic
view.

Where can I go to rebuild the search index?

Ron
Wed Jul 02 20:30:34 PDT 2008

I don't know the answer to your question; however, I too found the XP search
capability was incomplete and extremely slow. Accordingly, I installed a
freebie call Agent Ransack
< http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download.aspx > and it runs circles
around the native search capability.
--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Candace" <Candace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F54A6CEA-8438-4F62-84FB-50FA97CA3810@microsoft.com...
> How do I rebuild the search index in Windows XP? I downloaded Windows
> Desktop
> Search, but searches are incomplete. I read that rebuilding the search
> index
> would eliminate this issue.
>
> I was unable to use the following instructions:
> --> Control Panel
> --> System and Maintenance
> --> Indexing Options
> --> Advanced
> --> Rebuild
> because I don't have a "System and Maintenance" category when I click on
> Control Panel -- and yes, I am looking at it in Category view, not Classic
> view.
>
> Where can I go to rebuild the search index?