Indexing in OneNote

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Posted by WSP
Sep 29, 2015 at 12:19 AM

I have a question for any heavy OneNote users that may be on this list.

In doing quite a few test searches, I notice that it does not pick up many words in my notes, including notes that were created more than a day or two ago. Does anyone else have that problem? Is there a way of resolving it?

I like OneNote very much and would be pleased to shift more material into it (mainly out of Evernote), but I’m very uneasy about these gaps in its indexing.

Posted by Gorski
Sep 29, 2015 at 03:13 AM

I use OneNote quite a bit and have never had that problem.

Since OneNote leverages Windows Search, is it possible you have some setting/configuration there that’s causing your problem?

For example:

http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/how-to-solve-windows-search-issues-index-rebuild/

Posted by WSP
Sep 30, 2015 at 11:30 AM

I re-indexed Windows, and that seems to have solved the problem. Many thanks for the suggestion.

Posted by Gary Carson
Sep 30, 2015 at 02:37 PM

I’m not sure about this, but I think indexing only runs in the background when the computer is idle. If you use the computer a lot or leave it turned off for a while, it could take time for new OneNote entries to be indexed.

Posted by WSP
Sep 30, 2015 at 07:38 PM

Yes, I was aware of that. The slow indexing is probably related to the relatively sluggish syncing in OneNote. My problem was more fundamental, however: the indexing had failed to take effect even in some very old notes. But by doing a reindexing of the Windows search—which took most of the night, incidentally—I was able to break up the logjam.

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