This question deals with finding applications in general but not portable ones: Cortana Search is not finding applications on Windows 10
I have a portable application located but not installed at C:\sdk\cmder\Cmder.exe
. I also have a shortcut located at: C:\Users\twing\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\cmder
.
Finding normal, installed applications, work fine, but I can't find cmder
, if I search for it, and it works the same for other portable apps.
Re-indexing doesn't affect the problem at all.
I even added a new indexed location C:\sdk\shortcuts
and added cmder
and an internet shortcut, but it doesn't work either.
I also tried adding C:\sdk
itself where the ยด.exe`s are located, but it makes no difference.
How do I fix this?
Best Answer
Portable Apps, or really any Programs at all can be indexed in one of two ways.
*.exe
An example of this being (in PowerShell):