Database indexer question- index local, network, or both folders?

[Michelle Thomas]

My list of indexed files includes both my local (drive letter\pictures) and network (computername\pictures) picture folders.These are the same files. Which one should be indexed or should it be both? In addition, subfolders is checked next to the folder name, but then each of the subfolder files are listed again in the list of indexed folders. Is that how it should be?

[Greyfox]

My list of indexed files includes both my local (drive letter\pictures) and network (computername\pictures) picture folders.These are the same files. Which one should be indexed or should it be both? In addition, subfolders is checked next to the folder name, but then each of the subfolder files are listed again in the list of indexed folders. Is that how it should be?

Exactly what list of indexed files are you referring to?
Can you also clarify what you mean when you say that the files in the picture folder on a local drive are the same file as in the network pictures folder. Do you mean there is one set of files that can be accessed from two paths, or that there are actually two duplicate sets of the same pictures?.

[Michelle Thomas]

My pictures folder can be accessed via the network pathway or directly on the computer hard drive. This is one set of files, but the folders are listed in ACDSee indexer two times and also subfolders are listed.

[Greyfox]

My pictures folder can be accessed via the network pathway or directly on the computer hard drive. This is one set of files, but the folders are listed in ACDSee indexer two times and also subfolders are listed.

In ACDSee's Indexer settings in Ultimate the only place I'm aware of where you can "check subfolders" is when you are adding a folder to the index, and that is in the "Choose folders dialog", not in the main ACDSee Indexer settings dialog.

When you select (tick) a "parent" folder it automatically ticks all of its child folders. By expanding the parent folder (clicking on the plus sign to the left of the folder name) you can opt to untick individual. subfolders if you wish. Otherwise the parent folder and all of its subfolders will be indexed.



At a guess, you have mapped your network drive to a particular drive letter. That lets you for convenience access files on it as though it were a local drive, but that is only an illusion. Whether you refer to files on it by the mapped address, or via the network address, they are the same files on the same network drive, and it is not a local drive.

The following screen shot of an ACDSee Ultimate 2023 ACDSee Indexer dialog shows the same folder (Blinman Cemetery) added to the files to monitor both using its mapped drive letter (Z), and using its network address. (This is actually a USB3 drive temporarily connected to a Telstra smart modem/router so it can be accessed as a network drive)


There is in my view no point in having both types of entries for them in the indexer, and I don't know personally whether there is any advantage or disadvantage in terms of the indexer function as to which type you should leave and which type you should remove. (I don't normally use Network drives).

Perhaps a point to note is that regardless of whether you have the network drive mapped to a drive letter, or are just using its network address, it will only show up in Database maintenance as a single "remote" entry, using the network address, not the mapped address, and as a network drive, the option to remove orphan files is greyed out. (this is also pointed out in the manual).

Hope that helps