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An answer to my question about Word 6 suggested disabling FindFast to speed up closing files.
This may be a dumb quastion but how do I do this?
The icon in Control Panel does not have any delete buttons that I can activate (highlighting and pressing "delete" doesn't work either).
Findfast is a file indexing system that is not installed by Windows - it is a function of Microsoft Office and is included in the Start-up programs of Windows. It is not difficult to disable FindFast but you have to go about it the right way. If you just delete the FindFast icon you can run into two unwanted side effects.
- The index files are not removed from the hard disk. The size of these index files depends on the number and size of Microsoft Office documents you store on your computer.
- Microsoft Office programs continue to use the existing index files whenever you click Open on the File menu. When you disable Find Fast by removing its shortcut, the index files are not updated as you create or modify documents. This may prevent you from finding files you want to open, or cause unnecessary delays when you open files.
The correct way to disable Find Fast requires that you delete the Find Fast index files. To do this, use the following steps:
1. On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel window, double-click Find Fast.
3. In the "Index for documents in and below" list, click the first item.
4. On the Index menu, click Delete Index. In the Delete Index dialog box, click OK. When you are prompted whether to delete the index, Click OK.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until no more indices are listed.
6. On the Index menu, click Close And Stop. Then, click OK to stop Find Fast.
7. Then, do either of the following:
o Remove the Microsoft Find Fast shortcut from the StartUp folder (typically in the Windows folder in the Start Menu\Programs folder).
-or-
o Run the Microsoft Office 97 Setup program in maintenance mode, and remove Find Fast.The easiest way to re-enable Find Fast is to run the Microsoft Office 97 Setup program, and reinstall it.
Good Luck,
Erwin
by dajoss
by mphoffar
If you want to disable it, either deinstill and reinstall office (without findfast) or remove the shortcut from the startup folder to prevent it from starting. There should be an option in the control panel to turn it off.
Mark
by dajoss
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