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I can acces my SSD via my NAS via SMB just fine.
Windows properties pane shows a checkbox near Indexed files/folders.

No matter how many times I disable Indexing for this particular network drive, after clicking apply and after all files have been Un-indexed, I reopened the properties box.

The checkbox near Indexing has reappeared.

Some of my local drives have Indexing Unchecked, and remain unindexed (the checkbox there stays unchecked).

On this drive however the checkbox re-appears every time.
After numerous restarts and trails and searched invail, I'm asking here.

What is the culprit here?

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Sam
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Use Control Panel, Indexing Options, and remove the NAS from the Indexing Locations.

Look on the screen shot, left side and make NAS folders have not been selected.

When you remove the NAS, you may wish to reindex and let it run overnight. Then check

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John
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  • Thanks John for your suggestions and printscreens! I did not knew this, I unchecked Everything except Microsoft Outlook. The checkbox in properties was still checked in Explorer. I unchecked it. Applied. Reopened the properties pane and there was the pesky checkbox again. So this did not help my situation with the persistent pesky Indexing option. – Sam Feb 14 '23 at 16:54
  • Something wrong with your properties I think. Indexing Options have worked well for me from XP through to Windows 11. Should work here. Maybe try running DISM / SFC to correct. (1) Open cmd.exe with Run as Administrator. (2) DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /StartComponentCleanup (3) DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth (4) SFC /SCANNOW (5) Restart when all the above is complete and test. – John Feb 14 '23 at 17:53