# Indexing a large project

Although any indexer can be used to index an existing project at any time, the following steps present a recommended
approach to importing large projects.

- Create a new Standard or Managed project.

- Uncheck the Use default button and browse to the root directory of your project

- Click on Next

- In both Managed Projects and Standard Projects, you eventually get to a page that contains the tab C/C++ Indexer

- Select No Indexer - this will disable all indexing for now

- Click Finish to create the project

- Set your include paths either by manually entering the include paths or, in the case of a standard make project,
  performing a build

- Once the project has include path information, bring up the project properties and select which indexer you wish to
  use on the project.

By following these steps, you are making sure that the time spent indexing will produce meaningful results.

C/C++ search
C/C++ Indexer
Full C/C++ Indexer
CTags Indexer
C/C++ Indexer Progress Bar

Selection Searching for C/C++ elements
Enable/Disable the Full C/C++ Indexer
Enable/Disable the CTags Indexer
Setting Source Folders

C/C++ search page, Search dialog box
C/C++ Project Properties, Managed, Indexer
C/C++ Project Properties, Standard, Indexer