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How to hide inappropriate content from Vista search

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

With great power comes great responsibility. Windows Vista comes with an amazingly powerful Windows Vista 001.jpgsearch engine that finds your documents, photos, music, movies, emails, applications and even sensitive materials in milliseconds. Some documents are never meant to be found, such as private collections of Steve Jobs keynotes, Laura Foy videos or even my secret stash of Tux penguinography. But with such a powerful search engine, how will you protect your innocence in Windows Vista? Here’s a few tips.

Exclude from Search Indexer

Tackling the problem from the soul of the searching beast. By excluding folders from the search indexer, you will permanently remove any existing indexes on that folder and prevent any future indexes inside that folder. This is recommended for permanent collections that don’t move around. How to hide inappropriate content from Vista search at istartedsomething

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