What are all these .noindex files cluttering up my Production folder

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August 25, 2022
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I have a Production that multiple editors are working on and we're seeing dozens of files with the extension .noindex being created in the same folder as the prproj files.

The files names have the same format, example: eb5f681c-a424-4563-8df7-272e9b5a34e2.noindex

Wondering if Premiere is creating these and wondering how to either stop them from cluttering my Production folder or get them to be created someplace else.

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Correct answer alexm48099852

Interesting.....ok, that makes sense. The production is on a network share.

I'm bumping up my editor's privledges and will report back if this solves it.

Can confirm that after bumping my editor's privledges, no more noindex files are being created.

What's odd is they already had 'full' permissions (add/edit/move/delete). Either way, glad it has stopped.

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Arie26155792161z

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Hi, I'm still getting these .noindex files on my Mac, sometimes hundreds a day. Attached is a pic. Project is local on my desktop where I have all read and write privileges enabled, so the fixes others have used don't seem to work for me. Any ideas?

Bruce Bullis

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Yep; see the 'Correct Answer', in this thread (pasting here for convience):

Those .noindex files are a part of the testing PPro does, to determine whether it's possible to write to a given directory.

If the file creation works, PPro immediately attempts to delete the .noindex file.

Based on the behavior described [above], it'd seem that the Production is on a network share, and that the users for whom this behavior occurs have write privileges, but not delete privileges, within that directory.

While most users will have Read and Write privileges, not everyone has Delete privileges; here's some potentially helpful info.

Bruce Bullis

Legend

Thanks for responding! So this has been happening on every project I've done ever since I started on this new M1 Macbook Pro laptop (at least 3 different projects now). These projects are all created fresh on my end, no copying directories. As a user I have "Read & Write" privileges enabled on the folder containing the project, and I don't see any options for "Delete Privileges." Not running any Anti-Virus apps, no dropbox. I do have iCloud but I set that up recently and this issue was going on before then.

Weird!

I've asked other team members to provide guidance.

I'll reach out directly, with some upload space; we'd like to get a copy of the containing directory.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

@Bruce Bullis ... do you have any ideas here?

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

Bruce Bullis

Legend

>... do you have any ideas here?

Some, yes. 🙂

Those .noindex files are a part of the testing PPro does, to determine whether it's possible to write to a given directory.

If the file creation works, PPro immediately attempts to delete the .noindex file.

Based on the behavior described [above], I'd guess that the Production is on a network share, and that the users for whom this behavior occurs have write privileges, but not delete privileges, within that directory.

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Arie26155792161z

Participating Frequently

Thanks for the response! This is happening locally in a folder on my desktop, though, where I have Read and Write privileges. Is there a separaete option to enable Delete privileges?