Update-SearchCatalog

Reindexes a search catalog either completely or partially.

Syntax

Update-SearchCatalog
      [-All]
      [-Catalog <String>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Update-SearchCatalog
      -RootPath <String[]>
      [-Catalog <String>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Update-SearchCatalog
      [-Path] <String[]>
      [-Catalog <String>]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Update-SearchCatalog reindexes a search catalog either completely or partially.

Examples

Example 1: Reindex an entire catalog

Update-SearchCatalog -All

This command reindexes the entire default Windows Search catalog.

Example 2: Reindex a search root.

Update-SearchCatalog -RootPath file:///C:\

This command reindexes the search root drive C: in the default Windows Search catalog.

For file system search roots, you can omit the file:/// protocol prefix.

Example 3: Reindex matching paths.

Update-SearchCatalog -Path file:///C:\Users\*\Documents\*.docx

This command reindexes all Microsoft Word files in and below the Documents folder of all users in the default Windows Search catalog.

If the specified path is recognizable as a file system path, you can omit the file:/// protocol prefix.

Parameters

-All

Use this parameter to reindex an entire search catalog.

Note

To use the All parameter, you must run this cmdlet from an elevated PowerShell session. Start PowerShell by using the Run as administrator option.

Type	SwitchParameter
Position	Named
Default value	None
Accept pipeline input	False
Accept wildcard characters	False

-Catalog

Specifies the name of the catalog this cmdlet operates on. If omitted, this is the default Windows Search catalog, named SystemIndex.

Type	string
Position	Named
Default value	SystemIndex
Accept pipeline input	False
Accept wildcard characters	False

-Path

Use this parameter to specify an URL or path pattern to reindex all matching items.

Type	string[]
Position	0
Default value	None
Accept pipeline input	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters	True

-RootPath

Use this parameter to specify a search root to be reindexed.

Type	string[]
Position	Named
Default value	None
Accept pipeline input	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters	False

Inputs

string[]

You can pipe paths to this cmdlet.

Outputs

None

This cmdlet returns no output.

Notes

The difference between Reset-SearchCatalog and Update-SearchCatalog -All is that the former removes any old information from the index before reindexing while the latter doesn't.