Hello,
I have searched this forum, and "the web" and cannot find a post that describes this problem - which I am amazed because I would have thought this had been encountered many time before and has a straightforward solution. I am assuming I have posted this in the correct section of this forum. Please do not get on a high horse if I have missed something. I am only asking for help and have got stuck.
I have downloaded and installed Windows 8 Pro yesterday. I have found the way to quickly get past the ghastly Metro interface back to a desktop by pressing Windows-D.
I want to be able to search GoogleDrive that is visible in the Explorer menu.
I have got as far as opening the Win8 "indexing Options" dialog and the various instructions I have found tell me to click on the "Advanced" button. However, that button has a shield next to it and clicking has no effect.
I have activated the "hidden" windows 8 Administrator account (with the help of other online information) and still I cannot select indexing options>Advanced button. The button again has a blue and yellow shield next to it - which I understood to mean I need administrator privileges to run that command / option - but I believe I am in the "Administrator" account when trying this. Maybe there is another "Administrator" account?
I want to emphasise this is all about indexing GoogleDrive so the folder can be searched through Windows Explorer - ideally with a content search.
Interestingly, the Dropbox extension to Explorer is searchable by any string that appears in a file name, without an setup required.
Regards,
Clive Long
I have searched this forum, and "the web" and cannot find a post that describes this problem - which I am amazed because I would have thought this had been encountered many time before and has a straightforward solution. I am assuming I have posted this in the correct section of this forum. Please do not get on a high horse if I have missed something. I am only asking for help and have got stuck.
I have downloaded and installed Windows 8 Pro yesterday. I have found the way to quickly get past the ghastly Metro interface back to a desktop by pressing Windows-D.
I want to be able to search GoogleDrive that is visible in the Explorer menu.
I have got as far as opening the Win8 "indexing Options" dialog and the various instructions I have found tell me to click on the "Advanced" button. However, that button has a shield next to it and clicking has no effect.
I have activated the "hidden" windows 8 Administrator account (with the help of other online information) and still I cannot select indexing options>Advanced button. The button again has a blue and yellow shield next to it - which I understood to mean I need administrator privileges to run that command / option - but I believe I am in the "Administrator" account when trying this. Maybe there is another "Administrator" account?
I want to emphasise this is all about indexing GoogleDrive so the folder can be searched through Windows Explorer - ideally with a content search.
Interestingly, the Dropbox extension to Explorer is searchable by any string that appears in a file name, without an setup required.
Regards,
Clive Long
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Aspire 5532
- CPU
- Athlon 64 X2
- Motherboard
- ATI
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon HD3200
- Browser
- IE10
- Antivirus
- AVG