Server Version#: 1.19.4.2902 Player Version#: 2.58.0 My question is concerning this folder’s advanced properties. \AppData\Local\Plex Media Server “Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed in addition to file properties.” Is there any advantage to un-checking this?

I’d assume it’d lower the system load a bit when the Windows indexer service (nowadays called ‘Cortana’) is refreshing the search index. While you’re at it, you can also tell the anti virus to keep its nose out of that folder.

Thank you for the prompt reply. I am using Windows Defender in Win10 Pro v.1909 and Malwarebytes v.4.1.0.56 (free). I may move this folder off my boot drive to a spare SSD hard drive if it tends to get as large as before when I also had my music indexed it grew to over 1 million files & folders. T…

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Thanks for the link. I have read through it before so I knew this was option. My boot drive is a 128 GB SSD and the other is a 256. Eventually I may dedicate it to Plex, good idea. This is the first in about 4 years I have not backed up Plex or preserved it some way and started from scratch.

You can combine the efforts and copy the plex data folder now to this SSD. Save also the registry branch mentioned here: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201539237-backing-up-plex-media-server-data/ Then you are free to scrub the C: drive and install Windows 10 cleanly. Afterwards import the regi…

That sounds awesome and I wish I talked to you sooner, after playing with Win2004 for awhile I made an image of it and this time instead of bringing back the image I had saved I decided to go with a clean install of v.1909. I’ve alreaady let Plex index everything, except this time I left out the 300…

Folder's advanced properties - contents indexed

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OttoKerner June 27, 2020, 8:53pm 4

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