Network share as a library location? | The Coffeehouse

fabian

Hi,

Is it possible in, Windows 7, to add a network share as a library location?

I have my music files stored on my network. When i try to add the share \\ServerName\Share as a libray location i get an error ”This folder cannot be included because it is on a share that is not indexed.” The help link in the error message does not provide usefull information regarding this.

Any ideas?

/tony

AndyC

I believe the share needs to be on a machine that has Windows Desktop Search installed on it. Certainly it works with my music folder on my Windows Home Server.

fabian

In reply to AndyC

#Jan 12th @ 8:53 AM

Thanks! I will try to install Windows Search 4.0 on the server.

fabian

In reply to AndyC

#Jan 12th @ 8:53 AM

That's works like a charm Smiley

dahat

In reply to AndyC

#Jan 12th @ 8:53 AM

Correct, the network location needs to be indexed.

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to dahat

#Jan 12th @ 6:26 PM

/me does a little dance of happyness Smiley

Zeus
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In reply to PaoloM

#Jan 12th @ 7:46 PM

Not so fast .... I can't do that because I connect to NAS storage unit, with proprietary software (Matrox). What are my options then ?

Ian2
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In reply to AndyC

#Jan 12th @ 8:53 AM

Thats interesting when I tried this with one of the server shares on my home server I got that same message (the network location needs to be indexed).

Is a share on home server automatically indexed? (I don't recall seeing a flag anywhere?)

AndyC

In reply to Ian2

#Jan 13th @ 1:10 AM

I haven't the faintest idea. I would have assumed so. If not, remoting into the Server desktop should allow you to configure indexing, shouldn't it? I know that I didn't have to to anything specific, but then I was using the default music share and I also have music sharing turned on which might well do some magic itself.

blowdart
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In reply to Ian2

#Jan 13th @ 1:10 AM

Home server has an older version of WHS. I don't think the update is automatic; so you need to remote desktop in and install it by hand

Ian2
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In reply to blowdart

#Jan 13th @ 2:50 AM

Thanks Blowdart. I knew some random guy from Channel 9 would have the answer (you see I've never really forgiven you for that have I?)

blowdart
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In reply to Ian2

#Jan 13th @ 2:59 AM

Forget what? Who are you again?

Ian2
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In reply to blowdart

#Jan 13th @ 3:11 AM

http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/258040-Some-random-guy-gave-me-c9-guys-yesterday/

blowdart
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In reply to Ian2

#Jan 13th @ 7:42 AM

Ah you changed usernames. Can't blame me for that one Tongue Out

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to Zeus

#Jan 13th @ 12:48 AM

Not many, that is a scenario that we are not supporting in Windows 7 beta.

agentmoose

In reply to fabian

#Jan 12th @ 9:28 AM

Ok, I installed WS 4.0 on my Windows XP Pro "server" and it reports indexing has completed, but when I try to add network locations to libraries in 7, I still get the error about them needing to be indexed. Is there something I'm missing here? Firewall/service/startup settings? Voodoo?

Thanks

agentmoose

In reply to agentmoose

#Jan 13th @ 4:16 PM

Uhh nevermind. I just tried it again (for the 100th time) and it spontaneously worked. Still, any ideas as to what may have been the issue?

Zeus
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In reply to PaoloM

#Jan 13th @ 10:02 AM

Any chance for a change of heart in before it's released ?

kettch

In reply to Zeus

#Jan 14th @ 12:33 AM

Unless the appliance was indexing itself and exposing a compatible interface that WDS can query against, Windows would have to do everything itself. That could cause a lot of network traffic for quite a long time until it got everything indexed. Even then, it would still have to walk the directories to find out about changes.

Zeus
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In reply to kettch

#Jan 14th @ 3:25 AM

My Sonos player does it quite frequently. Picasa 3 also .... why not Windows ??

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to Zeus

#Jan 14th @ 5:25 AM

I don't doubt that it would be acceptable in a home setting. Now think about that enterprise that has documents exclusively on network shares. Think about Monday morning. Those 10,000+ employees hitting the shares all at the same time with indexer requests for new items, etc. Think of the bandwidth Smiley

Zeus
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In reply to PaoloM

#Jan 14th @ 11:27 AM

Absolutely .... for me, this is purely for home-sharing purposes, music, documents and video from NAS devices. To make the great feature of Libraries work right, these things will have to work, in my opinion.

burnblue

In reply to PaoloM

#Jan 14th @ 11:27 AM

So the answer is that the enterprise is straight outta luck for all their documents? I think this is a choice that the IT admin should be able to make.

Back to the home users (who I care about), the exciting promise of Libraries is dissapointingly deflated by not allowing us to index any folders on a NAS. Windows Media Player still does its separate thing, crawling the drive (which is the only way to get my music, vids, and pics into Libraries, though slow/crappy and it doesn't work for documents). Photo galleries also do their separate thing crawling the drive.

Please, all my stuff is on a NAS, and not everyone is going to have Windows Home Server or another actual Windows PC for their file storage. We need to have the ability to simply index networked drives and add them to our Libraries.

Dodo
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In reply to dahat

#Jan 12th @ 6:26 PM

If that's how it should be, then you have a bug. Network locations mapped as a network drive can be used as library location. It doesn't matter if there's an index or whatever. (It's a little slow maybe...)

blowdart
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In reply to PaoloM

#Jan 14th @ 11:27 AM

That's what search server is for isn't it? Tongue Out