advice about ADS

[fantasynew]

Hello, my English is not good.If the following words are not smooth enough, please understand.
1、Some column name of everything is too long to read,I hope it can me renamed by myself.
2、I writed ADS like "filename:streammemo","filename:streamtag"、etc.
I can find them in column "alternate-data-stream-ansi"
May I add a column like "alternate-data-stream-ansi:steamtag" or "alternate-data-stream-ansi:steammemo"?
I hope I can use search function like "alternate-data-stream-ansi:steamtag" to find files.

I'm very happy if I can get your reply! thank you

[void]

1、Some column name of everything is too long to read,I hope it can me renamed by myself.

To rename the alternate data stream ansi column:

• Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
• From the Start menu, search for: notepad
• Right click Notepad and click Run as an administrator.
• In Notepad, from the File menu, click Open.
• Select your Everything-1.5a.ini in the same location as your Everything64.exe and click Open.
  (for example: C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything-1.5a.ini)
• Change the following line:
  localization_strings=
  to:
  localization_strings=Alternate Data Stream ANSI=ADS ANSI
  where ADS ANSI is the new desired text.
• Save changes and close Notepad.
• Restart Everything.

2、I writed ADS like "filename:streammemo","filename:streamtag"、etc.
I can find them in column "alternate-data-stream-ansi"
May I add a column like "alternate-data-stream-ansi:steamtag" or "alternate-data-stream-ansi:steammemo"?
I hope I can use search function like "alternate-data-stream-ansi:steamtag" to find files.

Please try adding a custom property in Everything:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /property_alternate_data_stream_ansi=Custom Property 0=steamtag;Custom Property 1=steammemo
• If successful, property_alternate_data_stream_ansi=Custom Property 0=steamtag;Custom Property 1=steammemo is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Set the names for your custom properties:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /custom_property_0=Steam Tag
• If successful, custom_property_0=Steam Tag is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
• Type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /custom_property_1=Steam Memo
• If successful, custom_property_1=Steam Memo is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

To add columns for your custom properties:

• Right click the result list column header and click Add columns....
• Search for Steam Tag
• Select Steam Tag
• Click OK.
• Right click the result list column header and click Add columns....
• Search for Steam Memo
• Select Steam Memo
• Click OK.

property_alternate_data_stream_ansi
custom_property_0 - custom_property_9
Setup custom properties

[fantasynew]

Thank you for your reply!
I try to do with the anwser,but there is something wrong.

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The ADS can't show in the custom column.
And I can't find files by "custom-property-0:"

[void]

Please make sure the property mapping is set correctly:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /property_alternate_data_stream_ansi=Custom Property 0=streamtag;Custom Property 1=streammemo

Please try pressing F5 to update your Everything cache.

[fantasynew]

Thanks，I retry it and press F5 to refresh cache,it working well.
When I first time use "alternate_data_stream_ansi:" to search files, it take some minutes to finish.
Keep everything running,use eveything built-in ADS function will be fast then first time.
I guess that everything only index ADS information until run ADS search,and does'nt store it in disk.
But custom ADS funtion can't be indexed anytime.
I wish it as fast as ntfs file search

[horst.epp]

You can index your ADS streams under Properties with the names you gave them.
I use them a lot and the speed is of your course fast.

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[fantasynew]

Thank you for your reply!
It works very much to do it in this way.