Comments on: How to change the index location on Google Desktop

By: Evaluating desktop search « The Manticore blog

Evaluating desktop search « The Manticore blog — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:33:21 +0000

[...] I turned to Google’s desktop search after another comment on Twitter. The user interface is browser oriented, which while not the best for me, it is acceptable. It searches file/email titles as well as contents. From a performance persepctive, the Google desktop search programs run surreptiously and don’t consume CPU or memory. The only problem is that Google have not made it easy to change the location of the search index. However, I found the following article on how to change the index location. [...]

By: Pascal Roy

Pascal Roy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:45:44 +0000

you are right, it is located in the Current_user hive…

perhaps I had a different version when I wrote this article.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:46:50 +0000

I did not find the data_dir key under “Local Machine” either— i found it in the “current user” directory

By: Pascal Roy

Pascal Roy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:43:08 +0000

well the data_dir key has to be there somewhere. Make sure you are looking for it in the right-hand pane, while the “google desktop” hive is highlighted on the left side. it’s a pretty big list in alphabetical order.

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:29:13 +0000

Hi!
The same problem with me.
The thing is that i can not find the data_dir key in the in the directory mentioned.
Please, let me know if you have any ideas.
Best,
Victor