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Options Window Overview - Index Update Tab
This tab features various options for the index
update. Check or uncheck check boxes corresponding
to options needing to be customized, and modify
specific values depending on your preferences.
On the Fly Indexing
- Index new and modified files on the fly
(requires Windows XP/2000/NT): Adding or
modifying a file will trigger immediate re-indexing
of the particular file.
- Index received and sent emails on the the
fly (requires Outlook): Receiving or sending
an email will trigger immediate indexing of
the particular email.
Scheduled Indexing
- Scan file folders for changes every [x minute(s),
x hour(s) or day(s)]: Scans file folders
for changes according to the preset interval.
- Scan Outlook emails for changes every [x
minute(s), x hour(s) or day(s)]: Scans
the Outlook email folder for changes according
to the preset interval.
- Scan Outlook Express emails for changes
every [x minute(s), x hour(s) or day(s)]:
Scans the Outlook Express email folder for
changes according to the preset interval.
- Scan Thunderbird emails for changes every
[x minute(s), x hour(s) or day(s)]: Scans
the Thunderbird email folder for changes according
to the preset interval.
- Scan Eudora emails for changes every [x
minute(s), x hour(s) or day(s)]: Scans
the Eudora email folder for changes according
to the preset interval.
- Scan contacts for changes every [x minute(s),
x hour(s) or day(s)]: Scans contacts for
changes according to the preset interval (Outlook,
Outlook Express and Thunderbird).
- Scan favorites and history for changes [x
minute(s), x hour(s) or day(s)]:
Scans favorites and history for changes according
to the preset interval.
- Perform daily indexing tasks at [the specified
time]: Updates the index using the specified
time of day as the point of reference to determine
the beginning of each regular update according
to the applicable indexing schedule.
Indexing Performance
This section concerns the execution of background
indexing when you use your computer for other uses.
Background indexing means that Copernic Desktop
Search will keep indexing documents while other
applications are running, even if it is running
behind them or is minimized in the system tray
(as displayed by the Copernic Desktop Search tray
icon ( ).
- When the program runs in background, suspend
indexing while I use my computer: In order
to save computer resources, by default, the
software pauses the indexing process while
you use other programs. It will restart indexing
after 30 seconds of user inactivity.
Usually, the best time to index is when your computer is idle, that is when
you are not using it (not typing nor moving the mouse). If you want to modify
the number of seconds of inactivity required to restart the indexing process
in the Resume indexing after the computer has been idle for at least X
seconds box, type or use the arrows to specify another value.
- Suspend indexing when computer resources
are highly used: By default, Copernic Desktop
Search monitors your computer’s activity
constantly in order to pause the indexing process
when the computer resources are highly used
by other programs (or processes). This allows
Copernic Desktop Search to be "invisible",
meaning that it will not impede any other computer
activity (yours or another program's), as it
will index only when computer resource use
is low. In fact, the software monitors the
CPU activity constantly in order to throttle
back as necessary.
- Index in low priority when running in background:
When selected, this option further saves CPU
resources because it provides a short waiting
period between each file indexing.
When the customization is finished, click OK to
close the Options window.
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