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Ordinarily, Windows ignores diacritical marks; it treats “ole” and

“olé” as the same word in searches. That makes it easier for the
average person who can’t remember how to type a certain marking,
or which direction it goes. But if you turn on this box, Windows
will treat marked and unmarked words as different.

Troubleshooting. If the Search command ever seems to be acting
wacky—for example, it’s not finding a document you know is on

your computer—Microsoft is there to help you.

Your first step should be to click “Troubleshoot search and
indexing.” (It appears both here, on the Advanced panel, and on

the main Indexing Options panel.) The resulting step-by-step
sequence may fix things.

If it doesn’t, click Rebuild. Now Windows wipes out the index it’s

been working with, completely deleting it—and then begins to
rebuild it. You’re shown a list of the disks and folders Windows
has been instructed to index; the message at the top of the dialog

box lets you know its progress. With luck, this will wipe out any
funkiness you’ve been experiencing.

Move the index. Ordinarily, Windows stores its invisible index file
on your main hard drive. But you might have good reason for
wanting to move it. Maybe your main drive is getting full. Or

maybe you’ve bought a second, faster hard drive; if you store your
index there, searching will be even faster.

In the Advanced Options dialog box, click “Select new.” Navigate

to the disk or folder where you want the index to go, and then click
OK. (The actual transfer of the file takes place the next time you
start up Windows.)

File Types tab

Windows ordinarily searches for just about every kind of useful file: audio
files, program files, text and graphics files, and so on. It doesn’t bother
peering inside things like Windows operating system files and applications,