While indexing can certainly improve the speed of searches in certain circumstances there are many drawbacks. “No FileLocator Pro does not use file or content indexes and for very good reasons.

In a FileLocator Pro QA “ Does FileLocator Pro create an index for searching?” I once answered: All rights reserved.It’s been a while coming but… FileLocator Pro 8.0 is now available for immediate download! It is possible to assign the same index to more than one schedule, in which case the index will be updated according to each schedule.Ĭopyright © 2021 Mythicsoft Ltd.

The frequency can be Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.Ī schedule can have one or more indexes assigned to it, each index will be monitored and updated according to the schedule. Real-time monitoring actively monitors index locations for changes, as changes are recorded the indexer will incrementally re-index the changed files.Įven with real-time monitoring enabled it is recommend to run a full index update periodically. The Schedule List shows active schedules and the Schedule Details shows the details for the actively selected schedule.Ĭlick on the Add Schedule button in the toolbar to add a new schedule: If you need indexes updated whilst the user is not logged on you might want to consider using Windows Task Scheduler to run the update task via flpidx.exe. Important: The index scheduler runs as a hidden user process and so relies on the user being logged on to work. Without regular updates searches on indexes where the underlying data is frequently changing can become quickly unreliable. Where some indexes may be based on static rarely changing data, others may be based on dynamic frequently changing data.

The Index Scheduler allows you to specify the update frequency for different indexes.

Filelocator pro schedule index