Default Indexing Scopes

Indexing scopes (also called crawl scopes and start addresses) are URLs that point to the starting locations for indexed content. When indexing is performed, each configured start address is enumerated by the appropriate protocol handler so that the indexing engine can find the content that needs to be indexed. By default, the following locations are indexed for the local volume:

• The Start menu (file:///%SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu).
• The Users folder ((file:///%SystemDrive%\Users) and all user profile folders within it except for the Default user profile folder. (The AppData subfolder is excluded, however, for each user profile.)
• The Offline Files cache (Csc://{user's SID}) for all users who use the computer. (This indexing scope is used only if CSC is enabled on the computer.)

By default, all files and folders within these locations are indexed unless they are specifically excluded by a system exclusion rule as described previously.

Note You can add additional indexing scopes by using Indexing Options in Control Panel. See the section "Configuring the Index" later in this tutorial for more information. If Outlook 2007 is installed on the computer, this also appears as a default indexed location.