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In this movie we'll discuss changing search indexing options. By default, Windows Vista indexes most common files on your computer including all the files in your personal folder, your e-mail, and your offline files. Program files and system files are not indexed because Microsoft says those files are rarely searched. That doesn't mean that Vista won't search non-indexed files. Vista searches filenames and contents in indexed locations, and only searches filenames in non-indexed files by default. You can change these settings in the Folder Options window in Windows Explorer. Here's how. Click the Start button and then click Windows Explorer. The Windows Explorer window appears and displays the contents of the Documents folder. Click the Organize link in the menu toolbar, and then click Folder and Search Options. In the Folder Options dialog box that appears click the Search tab. You can determine what to search in the What to search area at the top of the tab. Other options in this area allow you to search filenames and contents in all files, and always search filenames only. The Always search filenames and contents option could be a lot slower than the Always search filenames only option, depending on how many files you are searching. When you search non-indexed locations you can also tell Vista whether you want to include system directories and compressed files at the bottom of the tab. In the How to search area in the middle of the tab, the default search parameters are to search in subfolders as well as find partial matches. You can also decide how to search, including using natural language search where you get to ask question, and turn off the index. If you decide that you don't like your changes and want to revert back to the defaults, click the Restore Defaults button. The Indexing Options applet in the Control Panel also lets you view the state of the index, and make changes to the file types and folders you want to index. Open the Indexing Options applet by clicking the Start button and then clicking Control Panel. Click the System and Maintenance link, and then click the Indexing Options link. The Indexing Options window appears and shows how many items are indexed and which folder locations have indexed files. You can modify the folder locations by clicking the Modify button. If you want to really drill down when configuring your index, click the Advanced button, and then click the Continue button to open the Advanced Options window. If you click the File Types tab, you can scroll down the list, and add and remove files to index categorized by file extension. You can also tell Vista whether you want the file to be indexed by properties only, or by properties and file contents. If you don't see the extension in the list type the file extension in the text box, and then click the Add New Extension button. For now, click the Cancel button.