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I have a blog post for you (shameless plug):

https://fratellobigio.com/posts/make-windows-search-fast-aga...

Hey, good stuff, well done. What else can be done from the registry there? Can I make it stop searching inside .doc* files etc and make it only do filename search there ala Everything?

Good question! To do that I think you can do the following:

- open Indexing Options (get to there from the Start Menu, or from Control Panel)

- click on Advanced

- go to the File Types tab

- find doc, docx, or whatever in the list

- change from "Index Properties and File Contents" to "Index Properties Only"

Honestly I haven't tried this so I can't vouch for it, but it seems to be the official way to go.

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