Windows 10 is driving me cray-cray!

Several people have mentioned this, but I don't understand what indexing is required in Outlook that is not required by other Windows processes. I use Outlook and it is cludgy enough that I don't want to make it worse; but I would like to understand. My system is very slow and most of the time I can't figure out why - not being a techie. Thanks for any light anyone can share.

...but I do know that it stores emails in a way that makes no sense to me. The emails are lumped together into one file, not stored separately as they should be (one file per email). In order to index this, the OS would need to be able to read that one file carefully and decode it. Most email clients do this, and I don't understand why. The only one I have found that does not is EverDesk, and it is a paid program. It stores each email as a file. That makes sense to me. A regular file can be found by any search utility.

what you said about Outlook is true also of Thunderbird, it stores emails within a single file, but both email programs can save any email from inside that file to a separate file if you open the email and choose to save to a file.

The question is about indexing. The default method is to store all emails in a single file. Going through and deliberately turning each email into a real file is time-consuming and it would result in those emails being easy for any decent search utility to find. I am 100% exactly correct. The answer was completely appropriate for the question. Read it again.

The technical challenges of finding the emails again when they are stored as files might be great and make your computer slower. When thousands of files are stored in one directory, the program that retrieves or views those emails must find them first. An index must be searched and then the exact location on the disk located. It takes a lot of time.

What you can do is setup Outlook to archive different categories of emails to different archive files, e.g., Invoices to InvoiceArchive, news to newsArchive, Calendar to CalendarArchive, etc. Then setup Windows search to index the folder location of the archives, and add this location to the Outlook left pane where your "Personal Folders" are. Now you can see all your historical stuff just as conveniently as current items, and finding things becomes much easier and faster.

Wow ,Love this.I have a question guys why I am not able to delete some of my temp files?

...but if I had to guess I'd say that they were in use at the time that you tried to delete them.

From all the posts on Win10 it sounds like it is time for many to start exploring LINUX or one of its derivatives, many of which are window systems themselves (along with command line controls too).

Even works on older machines and actually made my old Win-XP system set up and bark!!

So buy the donation-funded version of XMing ($13), activate the Linux on Windows subsystem, install bash and then load Ubuntu. Yes, it can run GUI although not everything runs flawlessly yet. I've had Nautilus, Firefox, apt, synaptic, and a number of other things running.

And, yes, Linux running the Linux on Windows subsystem can access the Windows drives. They appear in /mnt

This is what I have done. The auto-update was the last straw, and although I have had a Windows PC since the 3.0 days, I've now given up and installed Zorin 12 instead.

It looks like Windows, but without all the extra cruft that gets in the way of you getting stuff done.

For any applications that aren't available/won't run under Wine, I've set up a Windows 7 virtual machine just in case.

...but honestly, do we have to put up with the constant spam whenever someone posts anything concerning an operating system (and often when the question has nothing to do with an OS). This is an advertisement, pure, plain, and simple. It does not address the question or the problem. I'm sure the original poster is well aware that Linux exists. It has not been kept a secret. People do have the right to choose whatever OS they want or need. If a person wants Windows, or needs to use Windows, or simply has Windows and does not want to change it, then they don't need to have people pestering them constantly about a different OS.

In this case, I would not consider it spam. if windows is driving the person cra-cra as the subject line stated, then it is a valid suggestion. If windows is driving you crazy, give something else a try - if able. you said people of the right to choose, if they are not given an alternative, how are they going to choose? Not every user is familiar with linux. as long as it is mentioned as an alternative and not turn into how bad windows and how much better linux is, then let it go.

It isn't that I think that Linux should never be mentioned. It has been mentioned repeatedly. What bothers me is that it seems like a religious movement. Come on, people! Give it a rest. I really do get annoyed when a large percentage of the posts advise someone to make a change that he or she is probably not willing to make. As has been mentioned many times, there are practical reasons for not going with Linux for many people, and pushing the issue is not going to make those reasons go away. For those very few people who have not heard of Linux (really?) one mention is sufficient. If they want to know more, then they will ask.

...what suggestions others might make? Just because it might bother your personal feng shui doesn't mean you should criticize others for their valid suggestions. He doesn't like his current OS. OF COURSE common sense would expect others to offer alternatives like Linux or Mac.

Dafydd.

Who are you to decide what I can and cannot post? I did not attack you or anyone else. Cool off.

He was not 'deciding what you could or could not post'... he was RESPONDING to YOUR post which seemed... to me at least.. like MUCH more of an 'attack' on renegade600 .
"What bothers me is that it seems like a religious movement. Come on, people! Give it a rest. I really do get annoyed when a large percentage of the posts advise someone to make a change that he or she is probably not willing to make".
If it DOES involve a 'large percentage of the posts' then obviously not ALL are aware of the options... nothing wrong with giving them those choices. To me .. James gave a perfectly calm response.. didn't you James?..... James?.... Oh well!

You seem very helpful, but not MS. I have been in IT for 20+ years and it took a lot of work to get my desktop icons to quit shifting. (But not totally!) And my open windows? I shut the lid and next time they have shifted again to the left. If I put where I want them, LEAVE THEM ALONE!

And then there is SOL. Seems that every update screws up the old plain SOL that came with Win 95 and every version through Win 7. MS wants game $$ and ads and .......... Give me a break. Can you not spare one simple game as an escape. Yeah, I know they have a version - you only have to go through 20 steps to get to it.

Now about that LINUX. I grew up on UNIX. Where can I get a copy to load?9

Excuse the slight off topic, you can get all the free MS Win 7 games to run on Windows 10 - there is a Youtube video (Google it) that shows how and it contains a link to a sample executable. They worked on 10 from RTM to 1511, then the Anniversary edition knocked them off again but the guy who adapted them updated them for AE. I've no doubt that the next 10 release will do the same but...

Your Linux question - as a Unix expert you'll probably find OpenSUSE to your liking - There are two versions you might want to look at, the very stable version is called Leap, current version 42.2, based on the current SUSE Linux Enterprise platform and a developer version called Tumbleweed, that gets updates as available. SUSE has all but given up on 32 bit systems, OpenSUSE 13.2 was the last stable 32 bit I think. Go to OpenSUSE.org to download an ISO image.

It says: "In Explorer Type > services.msc > "

??? WTH are you talking about? "In Explorer" what? the browser? the file explorer?

I'm a friggin' IT retired and I don't know what or specifically WHERE you're talking about.

Can you be a bit more "spoonfeed" specific, please?

On one of my computers, when I follow your directions for "New documents will save to:" and change to "This PC (C )" and press "apply"--it changes back to "One Drive." Is there something else I need to do first?
Thank you.

Since others may have the same problem I've updated my original post with more info that will resolve your issue to make PC your default location to store Documents and Pictures; if you desire.

Sorry I omitted this in my original post. Some may have to dig deeper to change the default save settings away from OneDrive. The following procedure will work for Documents as well as Pictures.

To the far right in the Win10 task bar you will see your OneDrive icon; if so, procedure to Step 2. If not, you should see a caret ^ to “Show hidden icons”- start with Step 1.

1. Left click it
2. Right click the OneDrive icon
3. Left click Settings
4. Left click Auto Save tab
5. Left click the dropdown arrow in the gray box to the right of Documents and/or Pictures
6. Select This PC only
7. Click OK

I was a Mac user for over a decade.

Really -- if you don't care where your files go, what happens to your music and photos, and are happy to live in someone else's idea of what's best for you and your productivity -- the Mac is great.

My problem: I hate how the Mac takes over the most important aspects of my system: my files. I want my files. I want to see them, touch them, and manage them so I can back them up when the system barfs.

So... that's why I went to Windows. Oh, and also the fact that I couldn't find a Mac that would wake up from sleep reliably more than 2 days in a row...

Whether using a Mac or a PC I use 3rd party file handlers and I use the command line in Mac extensively as well as Applescripts to tailor its functionality to suit my needs. Never had any type of computer/OS/hardware/software that did exactly what I wanted right out of the box unless I built or programmed it myself. I always found myself spending as much time maintaining/troubleshooting/repairing/updating and cursing Windows as I did actually using it. I use my XP laptop to do various scutwork jobs, Ubuntu just to screw around trying stuff out/experimenting and Macs for everyday use. The Apple touch pad and the graphics/audio/drafting software and processing as well as their security, ease of use and reliability just make it a no brainer for me. YMMV.

You are probably using a computer that has not been upgraded from windows 7!

We went all in on the W10 upgrade. No big issues here but we run a tight ship.

Ditto (but only 3 machines)

You are obviously familiar with PC's of all types, but you have not put yourself into the shoes of someone who is not familiar with the CLI or Applescripts - you speak more like a tech, rather than a regular user. I am somewhat familiar with both operating systems, but not with the background OS of either - as most regular folks are not. I know this is the CNET tech forum, but I think that many lay people also read these posts.