I like the start menu search as a way to quickly launch software. By default it will find applications which added a link to the start menu. I also found out that it will search the desktop as well, when I add the folder in "Indexing Options".
But it seems to ignore other folders. I have a "tools" folder where I store many utility applications. Even after adding this folder in Indexing Options content of the folder don't appear in start menu search.
Any hints how I get the start menu search to list files from arbitrary folders?