Module WindowsSearchManager

The WindowsSearchManager module contains cmdlets for managing Windows Search.

Installation

You can install WindowsSearchManager from the PowerShell Gallery.

Install-Module -Name WindowsSearchManager

Cmdlets for managing global Windows Search settings across catalogs.

Get-SearchManager	Gets global settings and version information for Windows Search.
Set-SearchManager	Changes global settings for Windows Search.

Cmdlets for managing search catalogs. Search catalogs are content indexes.

Get-SearchCatalog	Gets settings and status of all search catalogs or for a specified one.
New-SearchCatalog	Creates a new search catalog.
Remove-SearchCatalog	Deletes the specified search catalog.
Reset-SearchCatalog	Resets a search catalog by completely rebuilding its index database.
Set-SearchCatalog	Changes settings for a search catalog.
Update-SearchCatalog	Reindexes a search catalog either completely or partially.

Cmdlets for managing search roots. Search roots are the content stores indexed in a catalog.

Add-SearchRoot	Adds search roots to a search catalog.
Get-SearchRoot	Gets all search roots defined for a search catalog.
Remove-SearchRoot	Removes the specified search roots from a search catalog.

Cmdlets for managing search rules. Search rules define which items in a content store are indexed.

Add-SearchRule	Adds search rules to a search catalog.
Get-SearchRule	Gets the search rules in effect for a search catalog.
Remove-SearchRule	Removes the specified search rules from a search catalog.
Reset-SearchRule	Resets a catalog to the default search rules.
Test-SearchRule	Tests specified paths against the search rules of a search catalog.