Excluding drives in property indexing

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harryray2
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Excluding drives in property indexing

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I want to exclude my removable drives (H: E: F:) and some folders on my C drive from having their properties indexed.

C:\ProgramData\ESET;C:\Program Files\ESET;h:\;e:\;f:\ in the exclude folder box in options>properties...is this correct or is there anything else I have to enter or change (in the screenshots)?
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void
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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This is correct.

You can use either h:\;e:\;f:\ or h:;e:;f: for drives.

Folders should never have a Binray Type.
Consider unchecking Include folders for Binary Type.



Is Everything showing properties for files in your excluded folders?
harryray2
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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Thanks, I just realised that I have Eset in my exclude list, presumably I can remove Eset from the properties>exclude folder?
void
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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Yes.

Everything will not index properties that are excluded under Tools -> Options -> Exclude.
harryray2
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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`Thanks, does the temporary exclude list work in the same way regarding property indexing?
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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Files in your temporary exclude list will still have their properties indexed.
harryray2
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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My temp exclusion list is different from my exclusion list...Would it be possible to have an option to enable/disable re-indexing of properties when the exclusion list is toggled on or off?
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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Currently, no.
harryray2
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Re: Excluding drives in property indexing

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OK, thanks...I've set up another instance of Everything, one with Exclusions enabled and one without.
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