What does "Don't use the index when searching in file folders for system files" do?

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Published on 2010-07-11T01:05:02Z Indexed on 2010/12/23 21:56 UTC
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I've checked "Don't use the index when searching in file folders for system files", but I don't see a way to tell Windows 7 that I'm looking for a system file. What does this option actually do, and how do I use it to search every file name on the drive for a specified character string?

I intend to search file names in an indexed folder that contains non-indexed subfolders and "system" file types, and this option seems to have no effect on the skipping of those subfolders and file types.

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