Using Google Desktop Search engine to scan mapped network drives

I tried to find if there was a way to change some of the Google Desktop Search settings to allow for indexing network drives. According to the FAQ the tools will not index a network drive. But with some registry setting changes we can have the Google Desktop Search engine scanning mapped network drives. For example, locate the following registry key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Google/Google Desktop/HistoricalCapture/Crawler]
CRAWL_DIRS=
CRAWL_FILE=DONE

By entering the !C:<TAB>!M:<TAB> (where C: and M: are drives to index) into CRAWL_DIRS and removing DONE from CRAWL_FILE we can instruct the engine to actually index remote drives. Note that <TAB> is the TAB character. Best way to enter it is using Notepad, type !C: and press the TAB key. Then CTRL-A (Select All) and CTRL-C (Copy). Paste into the key.

Using Google Desktop Search as a network search server [Geekzone Blog : Blog, 15-JAN-2005]

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