http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/Network share as a library location?http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/en-usSun, 18 Jan 2009 01:22:25 GMTSun, 18 Jan 2009 01:22:25 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)@Dodo<br>I'm not sure what comment of dahat's you're replying to, but this issue is not a bug. If you try to add a networked location (mapped or otherwise) to a Library via Explorer, it will tell you that it cannot add the location if it's not indexed. The only way to add these unindexed locations to the Library is through Windows Media Player since it won't block you with the error, but of course this only works if you're dealing with pictures, music or video.<br>&nbsp;So it does matter if its indexed, especially since if you try to do something like Arrange by Tag for eg., it's impossibly slow and just doesn't work properly, since the folders aren't indexed.<br><br>&nbsp;A lot of people are having trouble with this. Some have tried the patch that let Vista index network locations, but it's not solving the problem. All we want is the opportunity to index our stuff and fulfill the promise of Libraries.<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453907Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:22:25 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4539070http://channel9.msdn.com/453907/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0@DodoI'm not sure what comment of dahat's you're replying to, but this issue is not a bug. If you try to add a networked location (mapped or otherwise) to a Library via Explorer, it will tell you that it cannot add the location if it's not indexed. The only way to add these unindexed locations to&#8230;burnblue0http://channel9.msdn.com/453907/Trackback.aspxI think that allowing people to add network shares, and perhaps have a group policy where the admin could proibit that, would be awesome... or not?http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453899Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:03:47 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4538990http://channel9.msdn.com/453899/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I think that allowing people to add network shares, and perhaps have a group policy where the admin could proibit that, would be awesome... or not?Christian Liensberger0http://channel9.msdn.com/453899/Trackback.aspxThat's what search server is for isn't it? :p<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453895Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:31:06 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4538950http://channel9.msdn.com/453895/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0That's what search server is for isn't it? :pblowdart0http://channel9.msdn.com/453895/Trackback.aspxIf 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...)http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453891Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:59:46 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4538910http://channel9.msdn.com/453891/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0If 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...)Dorian Muthig0http://channel9.msdn.com/453891/Trackback.aspxSo 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.<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453792Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:15:39 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4537920http://channel9.msdn.com/453792/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0So 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&#8230;burnblue0http://channel9.msdn.com/453792/Trackback.aspxAbsolutely .... 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.<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453321Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:05:04 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4533210http://channel9.msdn.com/453321/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Absolutely .... 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.&#193;rni Gunnar Ragnarsson0http://channel9.msdn.com/453321/Trackback.aspxI 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 :)http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453315Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:27:22 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4533150http://channel9.msdn.com/453315/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I 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 :)PaoloM0http://channel9.msdn.com/453315/Trackback.aspxMy Sonos player does it quite frequently. Picasa 3 also .... why not Windows ??http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453241Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:25:38 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4532410http://channel9.msdn.com/453241/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0My Sonos player does it quite frequently. Picasa 3 also .... why not Windows ??&#193;rni Gunnar Ragnarsson0http://channel9.msdn.com/453241/Trackback.aspxUnless 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.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453223Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:25:14 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4532230http://channel9.msdn.com/453223/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Unless 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.kettch0http://channel9.msdn.com/453223/Trackback.aspxAny chance for a change of heart in before it's released ?http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453209Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:33:26 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4532090http://channel9.msdn.com/453209/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Any chance for a change of heart in before it's released ?&#193;rni Gunnar Ragnarsson0http://channel9.msdn.com/453209/Trackback.aspxUhh 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?<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453172Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:07:30 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4531720http://channel9.msdn.com/453172/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Uhh 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?agentmoose0http://channel9.msdn.com/453172/Trackback.aspxOk, 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?<br><br>Thanks<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453164Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:16:15 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4531640http://channel9.msdn.com/453164/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Ok, 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?Thanksagentmoose0http://channel9.msdn.com/453164/Trackback.aspxNot many, that is a scenario that we are not supporting in Windows 7 beta.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453088Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:02:04 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4530880http://channel9.msdn.com/453088/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Not many, that is a scenario that we are not supporting in Windows 7 beta.PaoloM0http://channel9.msdn.com/453088/Trackback.aspxAh you changed usernames. Can't blame me for that one :p<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453061Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:50:39 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4530610http://channel9.msdn.com/453061/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Ah you changed usernames. Can't blame me for that one :pblowdart0http://channel9.msdn.com/453061/Trackback.aspx<A href="http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/258040-Some-random-guy-gave-me-c9-guys-yesterday/">http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/258040-Some-random-guy-gave-me-c9-guys-yesterday/</A>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=453058Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:42:40 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4530580http://channel9.msdn.com/453058/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/258040-Some-random-guy-gave-me-c9-guys-yesterday/Ian Walker0http://channel9.msdn.com/453058/Trackback.aspxForget what? Who are you again?<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452996Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:11:03 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529960http://channel9.msdn.com/452996/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Forget what? Who are you again?blowdart0http://channel9.msdn.com/452996/Trackback.aspxThanks Blowdart. I knew some random guy from Channel 9 would have&nbsp;the answer (you see&nbsp;I've never really forgiven you for that have I?)http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452992Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:59:14 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529920http://channel9.msdn.com/452992/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Thanks Blowdart. I knew some random guy from Channel 9 would have&nbsp;the answer (you see&nbsp;I've never really forgiven you for that have I?)Ian Walker0http://channel9.msdn.com/452992/Trackback.aspxHome 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<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452990Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:50:33 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529900http://channel9.msdn.com/452990/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Home 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 handblowdart0http://channel9.msdn.com/452990/Trackback.aspxI 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.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452982Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:13:54 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529820http://channel9.msdn.com/452982/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I 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.AndyC0http://channel9.msdn.com/452982/Trackback.aspxThats interesting when I tried this with one of the server shares on my home server&nbsp;I got that same message (the network location needs to be indexed).&nbsp; <BR><BR>Is a share on home server automatically indexed?&nbsp; (I don't recall seeing a flag anywhere?)http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452981Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:10:48 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529810http://channel9.msdn.com/452981/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Thats interesting when I tried this with one of the server shares on my home server&nbsp;I got that same message (the network location needs to be indexed).&nbsp; Is a share on home server automatically indexed?&nbsp; (I don't recall seeing a flag anywhere?)Ian Walker0http://channel9.msdn.com/452981/Trackback.aspxNot so fast .... I can't do that because I connect to NAS storage unit, with proprietary software (Matrox). What are my options then ?<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452978Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:48:03 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529780http://channel9.msdn.com/452978/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Not so fast .... I can't do that because I connect to NAS storage unit, with proprietary software (Matrox). What are my options then ?&#193;rni Gunnar Ragnarsson0http://channel9.msdn.com/452978/Trackback.aspx/me does a little dance of happyness :)http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452934Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:46:09 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529340http://channel9.msdn.com/452934/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0/me does a little dance of happyness :)PaoloM0http://channel9.msdn.com/452934/Trackback.aspx<P>Correct, the network location needs to be indexed.</P>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452921Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:26:05 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4529210http://channel9.msdn.com/452921/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Correct, the network location needs to be indexed.dahat0http://channel9.msdn.com/452921/Trackback.aspxThat's works like a charm :-)http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452809Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:28:07 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4528090http://channel9.msdn.com/452809/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0That's works like a charm :-)Tony Fabian0http://channel9.msdn.com/452809/Trackback.aspxThanks! I will try to install Windows Search 4.0 on the server.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=452808Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:21:32 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/452793-Network-share-as-a-library-location/?CommentID=4528080http://channel9.msdn.com/452808/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Thanks! I will try to install Windows Search 4.0 on the server.Tony Fabian0http://channel9.msdn.com/452808/Trackback.aspx